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Fort Nature Refuge

Third Pond & First Pond via Yellow Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 53 min

Third Pond & First Pond via Yellow Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Fort Nature Refuge near Primrose, RI. The route passes First Pond before reaching Third Pond at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 112 ft of elevation gain. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi289 – 367 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.96605, -71.56543
Nearest town Primrose, RI
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Third Pond & First Pond via Yellow Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 53 min

Elevation 288–367 ft

Out & Back · Fort Nature Refuge

Trailhead: 41.96605, -71.56543

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

  1. Start on Yellow Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miPass First Pond.
  3. 350 ftSharp left, heading S.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftReach Third Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.9 miSharp right, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 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/third-pond-third-pond-out-back-4-lakes-4-km-a423

Trail surface

27% dirt73% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

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