Ice Pond–Vernal Pool, 7 sights
4.6 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Ice Pond–Vernal Pool, 7 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Francis C. Carter Preserve near Wood River Junction, RI. The route passes Vernal Pool, Vernal Pool and Ice Pond. It is mostly level, with 166 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ice Pond–Vernal Pool, 7 sights
4.6 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 46–185 ft
Out & Back · Francis C. Carter Preserve
Trailhead: River Trail · 41.43231, -71.69330
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on River Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Ellison "Tarzan" Brown Loop, heading NE.
- 0.5 miPass Vernal Pool.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Grassland Loop, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Vernal Pool.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Old Pasture Loop, heading NE.
- 0.7 miPass Ice Pond.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Grassland Loop / Old Pasture Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Grassland Loop, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Grassland Loop / Narragansett Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Ellison "Tarzan" Brown Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto River Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from River Trail Trailhead
- Grassland Loop / Narragansett Trail–Narragansett Trail, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 116 ft
- Saw Mill Pond–Ellison "Tarzan" Brown Loop, 4 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Vernal Pool–Ellison "Tarzan" Brown Loop, 5 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 192 ft
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