Teeter Totter
4.9 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Teeter Totter is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Big River Management Area near Tarbox Corner, RI. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Teeter Totter
4.9 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 261–328 ft
Out & Back · Big River Management Area
Trailhead: 41.64558, -71.57357
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Teeter Totter, heading W.
- 250 ftReach Teeter Totter, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:29 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:49 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:17 PM.
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- New London Turnpike & Run On 2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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