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Barn Island Wildlife Management Area

North Fire Road

2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 41 min

North Fire Road is a 2-mile out-and-back in Barn Island Wildlife Management Area near Wequetequock, CT. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 36 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: South Fire Road 41.33954, -71.87736
Nearest town Wequetequock, CT
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North Fire Road

2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 41 min

Elevation 0–34 ft

Out & Back · Barn Island Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: South Fire Road · 41.33954, -71.87736

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on South Fire Road, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Little Shot Shell, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto West Fire Road, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Shot Shell, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miBear left onto North Fire Road, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miBear right onto Shot Shell, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto West Fire Road, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Little Shot Shell, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto South Fire Road, heading S.
  11. 0.2 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/north-fire-road-out-back-3-km-b13e

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:50 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:30 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:50 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:18 PM.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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