Arcadia Management Area

Breakheart Multi-use trail–Midway Rail, 5 sights

9.7 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 3 hr 20 min

Breakheart Multi-use trail–Midway Rail, 5 sights is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Management Area near Arcadia, RI. It is mostly level, with 200 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi121 – 220 ft10.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mt. Tom Trail 41.56459, -71.72865
Nearest town Arcadia, RI

Directions

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Breakheart Multi-use trail–Midway Rail, 5 sights

9.7 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 3 hr 20 min

Elevation 122–221 ft

Out & Back · Arcadia Management Area

Trailhead: Mt. Tom Trail · 41.56459, -71.72865

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mt. Tom Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto North South Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miBear right onto Midway Railroad, heading NW.
  6. 350 ftContinue straight onto Midway Rail, heading NW.
  7. 1 miTurn right onto Plain Road, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Shelter trail, heading E.
  11. 0.8 miBear right onto Breakheart trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Multi-use trail connector, heading NE.
  13. 350 ftBear right onto Breakheart Multi-use trail, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miReach Mt. Tom Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miBear left onto Multi-use trail connector, heading SW.
  16. 350 ftContinue straight onto Breakheart trail, heading W.
  17. 0.4 miBear left onto Shelter trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right onto Plain Road, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  22. 450 ftContinue straight onto Midway Rail, heading S.
  23. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Midway Railroad, heading S.
  24. 300 ftBear left onto North South Trail, heading S.
  25. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Shawn's Eagle, heading SE.
  26. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  27. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  28. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

62% dirt38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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