![]() The State of Rhode Island bought the land from the Chace family in 1995 and opened it as a Management Area. The laneways also pass by four newer ponds that were built in the 1960s. These historic laneways are now maintained as walking paths through the rare Atlantic Oak-Holly forest. Ox carts used the paths until the 1930s to haul firewood from these old woodlots, and subsequently the cart paths were used by woodcutters’ trucks until the 1970s. Some of the plants growing around the farm-site are characteristic of woodlands that have taken over former farm fields. A farm-site on the Amy Hart Path (a historic laneway passing through the Management Area) demonstrates the former land use with its old well, barn foundation, and patchwork of stonewalls that enclosed pastures and cultivated fields. Portions of the woodlots were eventually cleared to create farms in the poorer soils on the east side of Little Compton. About 1750, Cold Brook was dammed to power a gristmill, flooding the adjacent lowland and creating wetland plant communities that still exist around Simmons Mill Pond. This section of town was set aside as woodlots for farmers throughout the town. Recorded use of the management area dates back to the 1600s when the town of Little Compton was created. The plant communities here reflect centuries of changing land use patterns. A second trail originates from a small parking area on John Dyer Road, and canoe or kayak access to Simmons Pond is possible via Cold Brook as it crosses under Cold Brook Road east of the main parking area. Trail access is available from a parking lot on Cold Brook Road near the junction with Long Highway. It is located in the upper reaches of the Cold Brook drainage as it makes its way to Quicksand Pond and Goosewing Beach. The Simmons Mill Pond Management Area is a 500+ acre site in Little Compton, RI, composed of several parcels of land, six ponds, and more than three miles of well-marked trails. Sorry for a bad review, it hurts because I truly enjoy Sakonnet.On the Trail – by Gail and Roger Green, Dick Fisher My experience with other vineyards is they either have plenty of food you can buy, or you can bring a cooler with food ( no drinks). Why not let them bring food? We would have stayed way longer and had ordered more wine. ![]() If you can’t provide good food for people drinking bottles of wine in the field. This will honestly be one of my last times at Sakonnet. So sad to say it turned us off and we found a cute little beach down the rd and enjoyed our wine. She said it had to go, it was just snacks. The worker came running over that you can’t have a cooler. We all had bought a bottle of wine to go enjoy the field for the day. They had some old looking sandwich’s in the fridge as well as cheese plates that looked dried up. When we were at the vineyard, the restaurant was closed that we loved. We had packed a cooler with snacks from a local cheese place down the rd. I finally had a weekend off to go enjoy the vineyard. You can see the changes over the years from the old to new owner. I have always loved the Sakonnet vineyard we have gone for years.
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