Hike Like a Woman: Burlingame SP
Posted By auntie on January 6, 2019
4.25 miles; Charlestown, RI
This was a new-to-me Facebook Group Hike Like a Woman Southern Rhode Island. Today’s group was 4 people. We started from the “Bucky Beaver” trailhead on Kings Factory Road. And due to all the recent rain we’ve had, it should have been a kayak-optional hike. Still, fun group and a great hike. I’ll be joining them again.
Bucky Replacement
You guys remember Bucky Beaver, right? Originally a sad little discarded stuffed beaver that I stuck on the tree at this trailhead for the Vin Gormley Trail, he finally bit the dust back in 2016, and he’s been replaced, rather inadequately imho, by a series of ratty (in one case literally) odd stuffed creatures. This looks like a dog? Puppy? Just the head? Okay, I’ll grant this one is a worthy successor.
The hike was advertised as “School House Pond Hike,” and I thought that maybe there were new or undiscovered (by me) trails on the Schoolhouse Pond Preserve. But this was really just a tour of some of the various and sundry mountain bike trails that wind through Burlingame north of the Vin Gormley. Not that that was a bad thing!
schoolhouse pond preserve entrance
The actual entrance to the actual Schoolhouse Pond Preserve is across the road from where we were hiking, on King’s Factory. Here’s a link to the map I made of the hike as I did it in April of 2014.
One of the Kayak-Optional Trails
There really was a LOT of water on the trail today. There were a couple of dicey water crossings where it’s normally just dry. Still, we managed to complete this hike without drowning anyone, not even the dog.
Ultimately, I’m not sure what it means to “Hike Like a Woman.” But whatever it is, I’m guessing we did it brilliantly.
You can find out more about the mountain bike trails of Burlingame from this AllTrails website. As always, click the image above for details about this hike and to download the gps track.
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