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Nicholas Farm Management Area

Carbuncle Pond via Trestle Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Carbuncle Pond via Trestle Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Nicholas Farm Management Area near Fairbanks Corner, RI. The route reaches Carbuncle Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi341 – 377 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.69897, -71.77151
Nearest town Fairbanks Corner, RI
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Carbuncle Pond via Trestle Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation 343–376 ft

Out & Back · Nicholas Farm Management Area

Trailhead: 41.69897, -71.77151

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftPass Carbuncle Pond.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto Trestle Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miReach Carbuncle Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/carbuncle-pond-out-back-5-km-a90d

Trail surface

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:48 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Other ways to reach this destination

Hikes near Fairbanks Corner, Rhode Island