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Arcadia Management Area

Old Ten Rod Road

6.3 mi · ▲ 538 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Old Ten Rod Road is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Management Area near Escoheag, RI. It climbs 538 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 420 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.57607, -71.75153
Nearest town Escoheag, RI
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Old Ten Rod Road

6.3 mi · ▲ 538 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 126–420 ft

Out & Back · Arcadia Management Area

Trailhead: 41.57607, -71.75153

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

  1. Start on Old Ten Rod Road, heading NE.
  2. 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto North South Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.9 miTurn left onto Mt. Tom Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Arcadia trail, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mt. Tom Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto North South Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Ten Rod Road, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  15. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  18. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  19. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-ten-rod-road-out-back-10-km-f7d3

Trail surface

30% dirt70% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM

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