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Big River Management Area

Sweet Pond–Coaster, 5 sights

4 mi · ▲ 179 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Sweet Pond–Coaster, 5 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Big River Management Area near Nooseneck, RI. The route reaches Sweet Pond. It is mostly level, with 179 ft of elevation gain. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi266 – 377 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sweet Sawmill Road 41.61201, -71.62247
Nearest town Nooseneck, RI
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Sweet Pond–Coaster, 5 sights

4 mi · ▲ 179 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 265–379 ft

Out & Back · Big River Management Area

Trailhead: Sweet Sawmill Road · 41.61201, -71.62247

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sweet Sawmill Road, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  3. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Toasters, heading SE.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Fisher Cat, heading E.
  7. 0.7 miPass Sweet Pond.
  8. 50 ftSharp left onto Sweet Sawmill Road, heading W.
  9. 450 ftBear left onto Coaster, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sweet Sawmill Road, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  13. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sweet-pond-sweet-pond-out-back-6-km-0b8e

Trail surface

27% dirt73% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 81°F63°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity81%
Rained 1.8″ yesterday (2.7″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:45 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:02 PM
Wed 80°62°
Thu 91°70°
Fri 94°71° 16%
Sat 92°68° 26%
Sun 94°68° 16%
Mon 95°72°

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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