10 reasons to love South County

Rhode Island has five official counties (second lowest in the nation to Delaware’s three), and what is called South County isn’t one of them. It’s more a state of mind, an area from Coventry at its northernmost, to Narragansett in the southeast, to Westerly on the Connecticut border.
The ocean beaches are its main draw, 16 public ones in all, but the diversity of attractions is not to be missed. So here is a tour of 10 things to love about South County, starting in the north.