Arcadia Management Area

Bliven Connector trail & Shelter Trail

8.7 mi · ▲ 561 ft · 3 hr 11 min

Bliven Connector trail & Shelter Trail is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Management Area near Escoheag, RI. It climbs 561 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi141 – 440 ft9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.60836, -71.76014
Nearest town Escoheag, RI

Directions

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Bliven Connector trail & Shelter Trail

8.7 mi · ▲ 561 ft · 3 hr 11 min

Elevation 140–439 ft

Out & Back · Arcadia Management Area

Trailhead: 41.60836, -71.76014

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 100 ftTurn right onto Ben Utter Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.7 miBear left onto Tanner Washout, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Plain Road, heading SE.
  5. 200 ftTurn right onto Breakheart Pond Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.5 miSharp right onto Plain Road, heading E.
  7. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Shelter Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto J.B. Hudson trail, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miSharp left onto Bliven Connector trail, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miReach Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.3 miSharp right onto J.B. Hudson trail, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left onto Shelter trail, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  19. 250 ftTurn left onto Plain Road, heading NW.
  20. 1.2 miSharp left onto Breakheart Pond Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.5 miTurn left onto Plain Road, heading SW.
  22. 200 ftTurn right onto Tanner Washout, heading SW.
  23. 0.3 miBear right onto Ben Utter Trail, heading NW.
  24. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

65% dirt35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM

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