Driving Miss Hazy–Fern Drive Loop, 5 sights
3.7 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Driving Miss Hazy–Fern Drive Loop, 5 sights is a 3.7-mile loop in Woody Hill Management Area near McGowan Corners, RI. It is mostly level, with 166 ft of elevation gain. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Driving Miss Hazy–Fern Drive Loop, 5 sights
3.7 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 57–192 ft
Loop · Woody Hill Management Area
Trailhead: 41.36684, -71.75975
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wahaneeta Blue, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Fern Drive, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Driving Miss Hazy, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Fern Drive, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Driving Miss Hazy, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Fern Drive, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Driving Miss Hazy, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Fern Drive, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Hansel & Gretel, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach Driving Miss Hazy, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Fern Drive, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto West Main Street, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Wahaneeta Blue, heading S.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Woody Hill Road, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Wahaneeta Blue, heading SW.
- 0.3 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 5:45 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Little Sister 4.6 mi · ▲ 221 ft
- Little Sister 4.3 mi · ▲ 261 ft
- Little Sister Extra Credit 4.3 mi · ▲ 261 ft
- Fern Drive–West Main Street, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Driving Miss Hazy–Fern Drive, 8 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Little Sister Extra Credit & North Main Street Loop 5.8 mi · ▲ 276 ft
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