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Southern New England Trunkline Trail is a 7.2-mile out-and-back near Waterford, RI. It climbs 255 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi157 – 289 ft7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Southern New England Trunkline Trail 42.01562, -71.53703
Nearest town Waterford, RI

Directions

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Southern New England Trunkline Trail

7.2 mi · ▲ 255 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Elevation 158–290 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Southern New England Trunkline Trail · 42.01562, -71.53703

Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 62°F / low 52° · precip 66% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Southern New England Trunkline Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  3. 3.3 miReach Southern New England Trunkline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 3.3 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 0.2 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

94% paved4% boardwalk1% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 62°F52°
Precip66%Wind2 mphUV1Humidity96%
Rained 1.2″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50° 2 AM: 4% rain3 AM: 13% rain4 AM: 1% rain5 AM: 3% rain6 AM: 1% rain7 AM: 4% rain8 AM: 5% rain9 AM: 3% rain10 AM: 2% rain11 AM: 17% rain12 PM: 31% rain1 PM: 46% rain2 PM: 66% rain3 PM: 57% rain4 PM: 56% rain5 PM: 30% rain6 PM: 31% rain7 PM: 34% rain8 PM: 21% rain9 PM: 15% rain10 PM: 22% rain11 PM: 34% rain
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:49 PM
Mon 67°56° 54%
Tue 63°47° 16%
Wed 62°49°
Thu 63°45° 16%
Fri 61°49° 36%
Sat 57°52° 42%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:14 PM — 2 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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