Saw Mill Pond–Ice Pond, 8 sights
6.1 mi · ▲ 248 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Saw Mill Pond–Ice Pond, 8 sights is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Francis C. Carter Preserve near Columbia Heights, RI. The route passes Vernal Pool, Saw Mill Pond, Vernal Pool and 2 more. It is mostly level, with 248 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, 8 sights
6.1 mi · ▲ 248 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 53–187 ft
Out & Back · Francis C. Carter Preserve
Trailhead: 41.43837, -71.65695
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Vernal Pool.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Moraine Loop, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Pasture Loop, heading NW.
- 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.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 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 E.
- 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 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left onto River Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right onto Ellison "Tarzan" Brown Loop, heading N.
- 0.5 miPass Vernal Pool.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Grassland Loop, heading NE.
- 0.1 miPass Vernal Pool.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Old Pasture Loop, heading NE.
- 0.7 miPass Ice Pond.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Moraine Loop, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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