Saw Mill Pond–Ice Pond, 6 sights
6.2 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Saw Mill Pond–Ice Pond, 6 sights is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Francis C. Carter Preserve near Carolina, RI. The route passes Ice Pond before reaching Saw Mill Pond at the turnaround, 3.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 193 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Saw Mill Pond–Ice Pond, 6 sights
6.2 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 58–185 ft
Out & Back · Francis C. Carter Preserve
Trailhead: 41.44851, -71.65620
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Moraine Loop, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Ice Pond.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Moraine Loop /Old Pasture Loop, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Pasture Loop, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Grassland Loop / Old Pasture Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Grassland Loop, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Grassland Loop / Narragansett Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ellison "Tarzan" Brown Loop, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Saw Mill Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Grassland Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Grassland Loop / Old Pasture Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Old Pasture Loop, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Moraine Loop /Old Pasture Loop, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Moraine Loop, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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