Arcadia Management Area

Arcadia trail–Midway Rail, 3 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 2 hr 52 min

Arcadia trail–Midway Rail, 3 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Management Area near Lewis City, RI. It climbs 336 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 331 ft8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: River Trail 41.58784, -71.70912
Nearest town Lewis City, RI

Directions

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Arcadia trail–Midway Rail, 3 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 2 hr 52 min

Elevation 126–330 ft

Out & Back · Arcadia Management Area

Trailhead: River Trail · 41.58784, -71.70912

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Shelter Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  4. 250 ftTurn left onto Plain Road, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Midway Rail, heading S.
  8. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Midway Railroad, heading S.
  9. 300 ftBear left onto North South Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.4 miBear right onto Arcadia trail, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miBear left onto Bald Hill Brook Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miReach Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miBear right onto Arcadia trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 1 miContinue straight onto North South Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miBear right onto Midway Railroad, heading NW.
  17. 300 ftContinue straight onto Midway Rail, heading W.
  18. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  20. 300 ftTurn right onto Plain Road, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left onto Shelter Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

63% dirt37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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