Arcadia Management Area

Loop Trail–Midway Rail, 3 sights

9.7 mi · ▲ 493 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Loop Trail–Midway Rail, 3 sights is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Management Area near Escoheag, RI. It climbs 493 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 397 ft10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tanner Washout 41.60454, -71.75729
Nearest town Escoheag, RI

Directions

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Loop Trail–Midway Rail, 3 sights

9.7 mi · ▲ 493 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Elevation 126–397 ft

Out & Back · Arcadia Management Area

Trailhead: Tanner Washout · 41.60454, -71.75729

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

  1. Start on Tanner Washout, heading E.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left onto Plain Road, heading NE.
  3. 200 ftTurn right onto Breakheart Pond Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 250 ftTurn right onto Midway Rail, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Midway Railroad, heading S.
  11. 350 ftBear left onto North South Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.9 miTurn right onto Bald Hill Brook Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miBear right onto Loop Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.7 miReach Tanner Washout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.7 miBear left onto Bald Hill Brook Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 0.5 miContinue straight onto North South Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.3 miBear right onto Midway Railroad, heading W.
  19. 300 ftContinue straight onto Midway Rail, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.9 miTurn left onto Breakheart Pond Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left onto Plain Road, heading SW.
  27. 200 ftTurn right onto Tanner Washout, heading S.
  28. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

87% dirt13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM

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