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Barn Island Wildlife Management Area

North Fire Road

2.6 mi · ▲ 30 ft · 53 min

North Fire Road is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Barn Island Wildlife Management Area near Wequetequock, CT. It is mostly level, with 30 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 43 ft2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper West Side 41.34121, -71.87781
Nearest town Wequetequock, CT
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North Fire Road

2.6 mi · ▲ 30 ft · 53 min

Elevation 0–41 ft

Out & Back · Barn Island Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Upper West Side · 41.34121, -71.87781

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Upper West Side, heading E.
  2. 450 ftSharp right onto West Side Story, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Upper West Side, heading S.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto West Side Story, heading S.
  5. 150 ftSharp left onto South Fire Road, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Little Shot Shell, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto West Fire Road, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Shot Shell, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miBear left onto North Fire Road, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miBear right onto Shot Shell, heading SE.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto West Fire Road, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Little Shot Shell, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto South Fire Road, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miSharp right onto West Side Story, heading W.
  17. 150 ftBear left onto Upper West Side, heading W.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto West Side Story, heading W.
  19. 50 ftSharp left onto Upper West Side, heading W.
  20. 450 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/north-fire-road-out-back-4-km-6dd2

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

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