Green Fall Gorge

Posted By on January 20, 2015

Green Fall Gorge

3.7 miles; voluntown, ct

this was a nice short, local hike, since, as usual, i have a zillion things to do today.

ice free

ice free

the gorge was surprisingly ice-free.

river crossing

river crossing

the green fall river was chugging along nicely, though, making the river crossing “interesting.”

dinosaur cave skating rink

dinosaur cave skating rink

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.

sluice cairn?

sluice cairn?

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! trailheadtrail map

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