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Big River Management Area

Phelps Pond–Bottle, 4 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Phelps Pond–Bottle, 4 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Big River Management Area near Kitts Corner, RI. The route reaches Phelps Pond at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 116 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi262 – 351 ft9.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Teeter Totter 41.64806, -71.60749
Nearest town Kitts Corner, RI
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Phelps Pond–Bottle, 4 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Elevation 261–352 ft

Out & Back · Big River Management Area

Trailhead: Teeter Totter · 41.64806, -71.60749

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Teeter Totter, heading S.
  2. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 1 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  11. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Run On, heading NW.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mini Maze?, heading NE.
  20. 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bottle, heading NE.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lego, heading E.
  23. 50 ftSharp left onto DNA, heading E.
  24. 0.3 miPass Phelps Pond.
  25. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  28. 150 ftReach Phelps Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  29. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  30. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 0.5 miSharp right onto Lego, heading NE.
  32. 50 ftTurn left onto Bottle, heading NE.
  33. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  34. 0.2 miSharp left onto Mini Maze?, heading SW.
  35. 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  36. 400 ftContinue straight onto Run On, heading S.
  37. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  38. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  39. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  40. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  41. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  42. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  43. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  44. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  45. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  46. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  47. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  48. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  49. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  50. 1 miTurn left, heading W.
  51. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  52. 0.2 miSharp right onto Teeter Totter, heading S.
  53. 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-14-km

Trail surface

34% dirt66% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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