Green Fall Gorge
Posted By auntie on January 20, 2015
3.7 miles; voluntown, ct
this was a nice short, local hike, since, as usual, i have a zillion things to do today.
the gorge was surprisingly ice-free.
the green fall river was chugging along nicely, though, making the river crossing “interesting.”
in fact, the only major ice i encountered was at the base of the big rock formation called dinosaur caves. i made the unusually, even for me, poor hiking decision not to climb the rocks but go around them, forgetting that this side trail is somewhat damp at the best of times. today, i literally had to make my way across sheet ice. duh.
you can find this hike in the hikefinder. i just noticed that the sluice cairn is actually marked and labeled on google maps! there is a good photo of the cairn on a previous post about the gorge, and david brierley, over at “story of the yawgoog trails,” has a very nifty old photo of the sluice cairn with the sluice still on it. i encourage everyone, by the way, to explore david’s site. it’s very cool.
this time i parked on green fall road near the narragansett trail and did the demanding part (the gorge itself) first, saving the boring 1-mile-plus road part until the end. also, that last mile is almost all downhill. this is the way to do this hike, for sure. just remember to bite the bullet and climb the rocks at dinosaur caves! trailhead, trail map
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