Bissel Cove is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in John H. Chafee Nature Preserve near Hamilton, RI. The route reaches Bissel Cove. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi3 – 95 ft2.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.53710, -71.43708
Nearest town Hamilton, RI
Directions
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Bissel Cove
2.3 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 48 min
Elevation 2–94 ft
Out & Back · John H. Chafee Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 41.53710, -71.43708
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
Transit-accessible: Boston Neck opposite Gilbert Stuart stop 227 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Bissel Cove.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftReach Bissel Cove, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 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
30% dirt70% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:01 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Boston Neck opposite Gilbert Stuart stop 227 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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