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Big River Management Area

Carr's Pond–Tarbox Pond, 4 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 143 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Carr's Pond–Tarbox Pond, 4 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Big River Management Area near Kitts Corner, RI. The route passes Tarbox Pond and Carr's Pond. It is mostly level, with 143 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi262 – 364 ft9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Teeter Totter 41.64806, -71.60749
Nearest town Kitts Corner, RI
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Carr's Pond–Tarbox Pond, 4 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 143 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Elevation 261–363 ft

Out & Back · Big River Management Area

Trailhead: Teeter Totter · 41.64806, -71.60749

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Teeter Totter, heading S.
  2. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 1 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  11. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 100 ftSharp left, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  14. 150 ftBear right onto Shoot The Moon, heading E.
  15. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miBear right onto Pump House Trail, heading E.
  17. 200 ftPass Tarbox Pond.
  18. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Half Pipe, heading E.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto Pump House Trail, heading E.
  21. 250 ftTurn left onto Half Pipe, heading E.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto Pump House Trail, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  25. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  26. 250 ftPass Carr's Pond.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  28. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  30. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  31. 150 ftBear right onto Ring Road, heading S.
  32. 0.6 miReach Carr's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  33. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  34. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  35. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  37. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  38. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  39. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  40. 450 ftTurn left onto Pump House Trail, heading N.
  41. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  42. 50 ftTurn left onto Half Pipe, heading N.
  43. 50 ftTurn right onto Pump House Trail, heading N.
  44. 250 ftBear right onto Half Pipe, heading W.
  45. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  46. 50 ftBear left onto Pump House Trail, heading W.
  47. 450 ftBear left onto Shoot The Moon, heading NE.
  48. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  49. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
  50. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  51. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  52. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  53. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  54. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  55. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  56. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  57. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  58. 1 miTurn left, heading N.
  59. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  60. 0.2 miSharp right onto Teeter Totter, heading SE.
  61. 50 ftArrive 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/tarbox-pond-out-back-via-shoot-the-moon

Trail surface

64% dirt36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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