Arcadia Management Area

Plain Road & Shelter Trail

7 mi · ▲ 393 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Plain Road & Shelter Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Management Area near Lewis City, RI. It climbs 393 ft. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi141 – 472 ft7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: River Trail 41.58784, -71.70912
Nearest town Lewis City, RI

Directions

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Plain Road & Shelter Trail

7 mi · ▲ 393 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Elevation 139–472 ft

Out & Back · Arcadia Management Area

Trailhead: River Trail · 41.58784, -71.70912

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Shelter Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  4. 250 ftTurn left onto Plain Road, heading W.
  5. 2.8 miReach Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 2.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Shelter Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

21% dirt79% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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