Breakheart Pond–Boone Lake, 5 sights
13 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 4 hr 42 min
Breakheart Pond–Boone Lake, 5 sights is a 13-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Management Area near Arcadia, RI. The route passes Breakheart Pond before reaching Boone Lake at the turnaround, 6.5 miles in. It climbs 733 ft. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Breakheart Pond–Boone Lake, 5 sights
13 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 4 hr 42 min
Elevation 126–451 ft
Out & Back · Arcadia Management Area
Trailhead: Bald Hill Brook Trail · 41.56531, -71.69068
Weather Aug 4: Rain showers, high 76°F / low 70° · precip 88% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bald Hill Brook Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Arcadia trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 1 miContinue straight onto North South Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Midway Railroad, heading NW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Midway Rail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Plain Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Austin Farm Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Breakheart Pond.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bliven Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Boone Lake.
- 200 ftReach Breakheart Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Austin Farm Road, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Plain Road, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Midway Rail, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Midway Railroad, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left onto North South Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Arcadia trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Bald Hill Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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