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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miPass Bissel Cove.
  5. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 100 ftReach Bissel Cove, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  11. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 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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