Mount Tom–Arcadia trail, 3 sights
6.5 mi · ▲ 475 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Mount Tom–Arcadia trail, 3 sights is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Management Area near Arcadia, RI. The route reaches Mount Tom at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 475 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Tom–Arcadia trail, 3 sights
6.5 mi · ▲ 475 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 126–429 ft
Out & Back · Arcadia Management Area
Trailhead: Bald Hill Brook Trail · 41.56531, -71.69068
Weather Aug 4: Rain showers, high 76°F / low 70° · precip 88% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bald Hill Brook Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Arcadia trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 1 miContinue straight onto North South Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Ten Rod Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Mt. Tom trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Mount Tom, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Ten Rod Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto North South Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Arcadia trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Bald Hill Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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