Breakheart Pond & Midway Rail via Plain Road
5 mi · ▲ 223 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Breakheart Pond & Midway Rail via Plain Road is a 5-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Management Area near Lewis City, RI. The route reaches Breakheart Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 223 ft of elevation gain. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi125 – 279 ft5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.57636, -71.71519
Nearest town Lewis City, RI
Directions
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Breakheart Pond & Midway Rail via Plain Road
5 mi · ▲ 223 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 126–278 ft
Out & Back · Arcadia Management Area
Trailhead: 41.57636, -71.71519
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto North South Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Midway Railroad, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Midway Rail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Plain Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Austin Farm Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach Breakheart Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Plain Road, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Midway Rail, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Midway Railroad, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left onto North South Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 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
9% dirt91% 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 this trailhead
- Midway Rail–Newman Trail, 3 sights 6.5 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Loop Trail via Bald Hill Brook Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 235 ft
- Arcadia trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- Old Ten Rod Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 151 ft
- North South Trail 2 mi · ▲ 29 ft
- North South Trail 2 mi · ▲ 143 ft
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