Posted By auntie on December 19, 2015

3.38 miles; coventry, ri

a very pleasant if COLD hike with the “take-a-hike” group. this is a very pretty property. glad i went. i found out what the blazed trail that isn’t on the map went to… it is a spur trail that goes to an old cellarhole, not a crossover trail as i had originally guessed. glad that mystery is solved!

butterfly sign

this was a sign tacked to a tree in front of a big rock. not sure what it was meant to signify, but it was interesting to look at.

meta shot

and here i am taking the picture of the sign. how very meta! [photo courtesy stephen graham]

used carr lot

i did a little bit of research on this preserve. i has only been owned by two owners: the carr family and maxwell mayes. i also found out that mayes used to call this carr family cemetery the “used carr lot.” ha, get it?

knotted tree

and this is posted without much enlightenment, sorry, but it’s a big old tree just chock full of black knots. i don’t know exactly what it is… i presume the knots are a fungus, and as far as i know, cherry trees are the most susceptible to black knot fungus, but this didn’t look like a cherry tree. not that i’m a tree expert or anything.

you can find the maxwell mayes wildlife refuge in my hikefinder.

Categories: Rhode Island, Walks and Hikes
Tags: 2–5 miles, Coventry RI, RI