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Arcadia Management Area

Breakheart Hill Road & Shelter trail via J.B. Hudson trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 279 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Breakheart Hill Road & Shelter trail via J.B. Hudson trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Management Area near Lewis City, RI. It climbs 279 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi164 – 453 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: River Trail 41.58784, -71.70912
Nearest town Lewis City, RI
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Breakheart Hill Road & Shelter trail via J.B. Hudson trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 279 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 165–453 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 E.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto J.B. Hudson trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Austin Farm Road, heading E.
  4. 1.2 miReach Shelter trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.2 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto J.B. Hudson trail, heading SW.
  7. 450 ftBear right onto Shelter trail, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 150 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/breakheart-hill-road-out-back

Trail surface

89% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:49 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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