Arcadia Management Area

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.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 449 ft13.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bald Hill Brook Trail 41.56531, -71.69068
Nearest town Arcadia, RI

Directions

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bald Hill Brook Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Arcadia trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 1 miContinue straight onto North South Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miBear right onto Midway Railroad, heading NW.
  6. 300 ftContinue straight onto Midway Rail, heading NW.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  9. 300 ftTurn right onto Plain Road, heading NE.
  10. 0.6 miBear right onto Austin Farm Road, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miPass Breakheart Pond.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 450 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Bliven Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miPass Boone Lake.
  21. 200 ftReach Breakheart Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  23. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  24. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  25. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  26. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  28. 450 ftTurn left onto Austin Farm Road, heading W.
  29. 0.8 miBear left onto Plain Road, heading NW.
  30. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  31. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left onto Midway Rail, heading W.
  33. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Midway Railroad, heading S.
  34. 300 ftBear left onto North South Trail, heading S.
  35. 1.4 miBear right onto Arcadia trail, heading E.
  36. 0.5 miBear left onto Bald Hill Brook Trail, heading SE.
  37. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

57% dirt43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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