auntie | November 8, 2014
5.6 miles; dartmouth, ma this was another providence county hiking club group hike on a beautifully maintained and blazed property belonging to the town of dartmouth, ma. almost all level and flat trails. it was a beautiful brisk day with good company. and this was not a remote and seldom-visited spot—we saw lots of folks with […]
auntie | November 3, 2014
5.68 miles; westerly and hopkinton, ri i was looking for someplace fairly local to hike today, and i haven’t been here all summer, so… the water levels were surprisingly low, not that that should shock me, but it kind of did. this is a property, however, that never disappoints. it’s a great walk. and because […]
auntie | September 7, 2014
5.5 miles, west greenwich, ri this past sunday i took a brisk walk around the perimeter of this nature conservancy property, clockwise, which is backwards from the way i’ve walked it before. it was a very nice day and a very good walk. when you walk the perimeter of this property clockwise, you take the white-blazed pond trail to the […]
auntie | August 23, 2014
5.1 miles, 2.4 mph; exeter, ri this trail starts, and ends, with the john b. hudson trail in arcadia. it goes from 165 to breakheart pond on the hudson trail, then takes the breakheart trail around to the north of breakheart pond, then comes back down the hicks trail (an old road) back to the […]
auntie | August 20, 2014
5 miles, guilford, ct this is a big trail system, and when i say big, i mean it’s 39 miles worth of trails on 1,200 acres of land. it runs through part of the cockaponsett state forest in guilford, and through land trust properties in guilford and branford. i barely brushed the surface. it was […]
auntie | August 19, 2014
4.69 miles, durham, ct this hike was great fun. it consists of a loop, part of which is the blue-blazed mattabesett trail, and a few side trails, including a red-and-blue-blazed trail named the lone pine trail. it starts from a parking area on route 77 in durham, and goes straight up the bluff. fortunately for me […]
