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Arcadia Management Area

Mount Tom–Mt. Tom trail, 3 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 293 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Mount Tom–Mt. Tom trail, 3 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Management Area near Lewis City, RI. The route reaches Mount Tom at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 293 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi121 – 430 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Shawn's Eagle 41.57384, -71.72037
Nearest town Lewis City, RI
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Mount Tom–Mt. Tom trail, 3 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 293 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 123–429 ft

Out & Back · Arcadia Management Area

Trailhead: Shawn's Eagle · 41.57384, -71.72037

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Shawn's Eagle, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto North South Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Ten Rod Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  8. 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Mt. Tom trail, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miReach Mount Tom, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Ten Rod Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miContinue straight onto North South Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Shawn's Eagle, heading S.
  18. 0.4 miArrive 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/mount-tom-mt-tom-trail-out-back-3-sights-781d

Trail surface

31% dirt69% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:49 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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