Narragansett Trail Section 3
Posted By auntie on June 17, 2017
4.75 miles; North Stonington & Voluntown, CT
The Facebook Group, Providence County Hiking Club, is hiking the Narragansett Trail in its entirety, in 5 smallish sections. Today’s PCHC hike was on a very humid day after a 2-inch rain the day before. So we got kind of damp. This is such an interesting and varied section of the Narragansett Trail, with lots of elevation changes, brooks and swamps, cellar holes, and high ledges.
Lush
The recent rains combined with summer’s belated arrival have made the woods into almost tropical-seeming jungles. It’s a nice change.
Ledge
This hike includes some of the more dramatic ledges on the Narragansett, including High Ledges Overlook and Bullet Ledge. I don’t think the one above has a name, though.
Trametes versicolor
The fungus is starting to make quite an appearance as well. This log was entirely covered in turkey tail, or Trametes versicolor, fungus. Never saw anything like that before.
Tremella mesenterica
The witche’s butter, a.k.a. Tremella mesenterica, fungus was everywhere too.
You can read more about the Narragansett Trail on its Wikipedia page. Here is my complete “Auntie” map of the trail. And as always, click on the image, above, for details about this section and to download the GPS track.
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