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Big River Management Area

Phelps Pond & Bottle via New London Turnpike

3.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Phelps Pond & Bottle via New London Turnpike is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Big River Management Area near Tarbox Corner, RI. The route reaches Phelps Pond at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi295 – 348 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: New London Turnpike 41.64051, -71.57264
Nearest town Tarbox Corner, RI
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Phelps Pond & Bottle via New London Turnpike

3.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 296–348 ft

Out & Back · Big River Management Area

Trailhead: New London Turnpike · 41.64051, -71.57264

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto New London Turnpike, heading NE.
  3. 0.7 miBear left onto Bottle, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto New London Turnpike, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Lego, heading NE.
  6. 200 ftTurn right onto DNA, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  8. 50 ftReach Phelps Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left onto Lego, heading SW.
  10. 200 ftTurn right onto New London Turnpike, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bottle, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto New London Turnpike, heading SW.
  13. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 50 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/phelps-pond-phelps-pond-out-back-3-km-da5b

Trail surface

68% dirt32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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