Arcadia Management Area

Escoheag Trail & Shelter Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 663 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Escoheag Trail & Shelter Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Management Area near Lewis City, RI. It climbs 663 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi141 – 423 ft8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: River Trail 41.58784, -71.70912
Nearest town Lewis City, RI

Directions

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Escoheag Trail & Shelter Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 663 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Elevation 140–424 ft

Out & Back · Arcadia Management Area

Trailhead: River Trail · 41.58784, -71.70912

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Shelter Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  4. 250 ftTurn left onto Plain Road, heading W.
  5. 1.2 miSharp left onto Breakheart Pond Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left onto Plain Road, heading SW.
  7. 450 ftTurn left onto Escoheag Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.8 miSharp right, heading S.
  9. 1.1 miReach Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 1.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.8 miTurn right onto Plain Road, heading NW.
  12. 400 ftTurn right onto Breakheart Pond Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.5 miSharp right onto Plain Road, heading E.
  14. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left onto Shelter Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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