Overlook Viewpoint–Cart Path Trail, 7 sights
2.9 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Overlook Viewpoint–Cart Path Trail, 7 sights is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Cumberland Monastery near Monastery Heights, RI. The route reaches Overlook Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 114 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Overlook Viewpoint–Cart Path Trail, 7 sights
2.9 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 200–304 ft
Out & Back · Cumberland Monastery
Trailhead: Cart Path Trail · 41.94129, -71.40216
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cart Path Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Orchard Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Cart Path Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Homestead Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Monk's Quarry Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Whipple Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto White Pine Grove Bypass, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Whipple Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Bypass, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Overlook Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Road Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Field Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Monk's Quarry Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Field Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cart Path Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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