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.
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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 Aug 4: Rain showers, high 76°F / low 71° · precip 89% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:04 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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