Depending upon tidal conditions, this area can be quite populated with shore birds. This is a nice site for a picnic or a fishing excursion. Parking is available for a few cars on both sides of the river. Along the southeastern shore of the Narrow River, this recently federally designated national wildlife refuge contains over 150 acres of tidal marshes, mudflats, and estuary and is home to the black duck. An access road leads off the west side of Scenic Route 1A just north of the bridge over the Narrow River.
Seasonal fishing is popular from the causeway and bridge over the Narrow River.
At the southwest end of the bridge there is a picnic grove identified by a historic marker. There is restricted parking along Middlebridge Road and at the east end of the bridge on a private lot for a fee. High over the Narrow River is the historic site of the original purchase of surrounding lands by British colonists from three sachems of the Narragansetts in 1657. There is a trail to the top of the rock and a sweeping view of the Narrow River. The trail starts at the town park at the base of the rock.