Ice Pond–Vernal Pool, 8 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Ice Pond–Vernal Pool, 8 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Francis C. Carter Preserve near Wood River Junction, RI. The route passes Vernal Pool, Ice Pond and Vernal Pool. It is mostly level, with 195 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ice Pond–Vernal Pool, 8 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 55–187 ft
Out & Back · Francis C. Carter Preserve
Trailhead: Narragansett Trail · 41.42986, -71.68337
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Grassland Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Grassland Loop / Old Pasture Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Old Pasture Loop, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Moraine Loop, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Vernal Pool.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Ice Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miPass Ice Pond.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Pasture Loop, heading SE.
- 0.6 miPass Vernal Pool.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Grassland Loop, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Grassland Loop / Ellison "Tarzan" Brown Loop, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Grassland Loop / Narragansett Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Ellison "Tarzan" Brown Loop, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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