Wilcox Park

| February 12, 2015

1.6 miles; westerly, ri i had some errands in westerly today, so i thought i’d check out wilcox park. after one circuit it was obvious i should have used my yak trax. it was an adventure, in that there were quite a few icy patches where snow melted and refroze. also there was an entire […]

Limerock Preserve

| October 28, 2014

1.85 miles; lincoln, ri i had to be in lincoln for personal reasons, so while i was there, i stopped in to visit the nature conservancy’s limerock preserve. i had been here once before on a rhode island wild plant society walk, but many many years ago. the main thing that stuck in my mind for […]

Hunts Mill

| September 16, 2014

1.7 miles, east providence, ri this was a lovely little after-work hike with the folks from the providence county hiking club. this is an interesting property with its history and the trails that hug the shore of the 10-mile river. i’m just gonna be really lazy here and outsource the bulk of the information about […]

Hangman Hill Preserve

| May 18, 2014

.5 miles; north stonington, ct it seems like months since i was last out hiking. first it was the blister, then it was rain, then it was eesh, this is may, time to do yard work! but i was finally nudged into the woods again by an article in the local paper about how north […]

Biscuit City Preserve & Potter Wood

| April 6, 2014

1.73 miles; south kingstown, ri a leisurely stroll through some interesting old cellarholes and a well-kept suburban woodland. not much warmer today than yesterday, but at least the sun was shining! oh, and the deerticks were very active. biscuit city, owned by the south kingstown land trust, is a fascinating site. according to the sklt […]

Wilcox Park

| February 23, 2014

2.14 miles; westerly, ri ugh. when i noticed that i hadn’t been out since january 17th, i just had to go. we’ve had enough melting that i was pretty sure wilcox park in westerly, ri, had to be clear, and i was right. so 3 times around is a little over 2 miles. better than […]