Maxwell Mays Wildlife Refuge
Posted By auntie on November 29, 2013
3.26 miles; coventry, ri
i visited the late artist and former owner maxwell mays once when i was a kid; he was a colleague of my dad’s. all i remember is that he had the biggest cats i ever saw. i didn’t remember how lovely this property was, or even know that much about it. it’s a nice walk. it consists of open woods, fields, pine forests, and a pond. it was a cold but good day on the trail, and i felt pretty good the whole way. and not much pain in my ankle afterwards, either.
the trails on this audubon society property are all very clearly marked and well maintained. it’s not completely flat, but the ups and downs aren’t bad, either.
there’s one stretch of the yellow-blazed hammet hill trail that has a lot of glacial erratics. someone with a sense of whimsy stuck a log in the crack on this one and added smaller boulders for eyes to make a smoking frog.
this is the nicely-kept carr cemetery. i presume they are the family that carr pond was named for. max mayes used to call it the “used carr lot.”
astonished fireplace is astonished.
i have added this hike to the hikefinder.
I enjoyed that hike, too. Unexpectedly rewarding.
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Locals often refer to the Carr cemetery as the “Used Carr Lot”. My bad . . .