Escoheag Trail & Shelter Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 663 ft · 3 hr 12 min
Escoheag Trail & Shelter Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Management Area near Lewis City, RI. It climbs 663 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi141 – 423 ft8.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: River Trail 41.58784, -71.70912
Nearest town Lewis City, RI
Directions
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Escoheag Trail & Shelter Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 663 ft · 3 hr 12 min
Elevation 140–424 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
- Start on Shelter Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Plain Road, heading W.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Breakheart Pond Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Plain Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Escoheag Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading S.
- 1.1 miReach Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Plain Road, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Breakheart Pond Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Plain Road, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Shelter Trail, heading SE.
- 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
70% dirt30% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:49 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from River Trail Trailhead
- Plain Road & Shelter Trail 7 mi · ▲ 393 ft
- Arcadia trail–Midway Rail, 3 sights 8.1 mi · ▲ 336 ft
- Barber Road & Shelter Trail via Plain Road 5.9 mi · ▲ 361 ft
- Breakheart Hill Road & Shelter trail via J.B. Hudson trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 279 ft
- Midway Rail–Shawn's Eagle, 3 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Breakheart Pond Trail–Shelter Trail, 4 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 677 ft
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