North South Trail Trek, Leg 5

| May 4, 2013

North South Trail Trek, Leg 5

12.8 miles   2.7 mph whew. did this 13-mile walk (sans shirley) with the north south trail people through foster and glocester, ri. large amount (maybe 3 miles) of road-walking, and another large amount on old woods roads that had seen extensive motorized vehicle traffic, maybe another 3 miles. and you can just imagine how […]

Pachaug SF, Beach Pond North

| April 21, 2013

Pachaug SF, Beach Pond North

5 miles   2.1 mph i wanted a loop hike, and since the pachaug trail doesn’t really lend itself to loop hikes, i added in various mountain bike paths and old woods roads to make it a loop, with predictably mixed results. the blue-blazed pachaug trail through here is rugged and beautiful, the rest not […]

Nehantic State Forest

| April 13, 2013

Nehantic State Forest

3.89 miles   2.1 mph same kind of hike as the last one, as in moderate elevation changes; from maybe 150 feet to almost 500 feet and back. this was kind of a scruffy little state forest with a nice up and down loop and some decent views at the top and very well-marked trails. […]

Narragansett Trail, Green Falls Pond to Rt. 49

| April 8, 2013

Narragansett Trail, Green Falls Pond to Rt. 49

4.88 miles  2.3 mph at last i got to walk this final bit of the narragansett trail! part of this stretch has been closed since last october per the rod and gun club through which it passes; it opened april 1. i liked it a lot. it has a less-travelled feeling to it south of […]

Pachaug SF, Pharisee Rock Trail

| April 1, 2013

Pachaug SF, Pharisee Rock Trail

4.44 miles   2.4 mph did a quick out-and-back because i’m still nursing a sore muscle in my calf. the first part of this trail was on the blue-blazed pachaug trail, and aside from the usual atv and dirt bike damage, both of these trails were really interesting. they went through an abandoned farm and […]

Coogan Farm

| March 26, 2013

1 mile this was a very sedate garden club stroll through a property that the denison pequotsepos nature center is planning to buy in mystic. it was a very lovely place, and full of interesting features. and cows. there were cows. the dpnc’s plans include connecting trails on this property to their already extensive trail […]