Wells Pond–Essex Trail - east spur, 5 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 225 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Wells Pond–Essex Trail - east spur, 5 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Carolina Management Area near Hope Valley, RI. The route reaches Wells Pond. It is mostly level, with 225 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi69 – 184 ft7.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.48392, -71.70847
Nearest town Hope Valley, RI
Directions
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Wells Pond–Essex Trail - east spur, 5 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 225 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Elevation 70–185 ft
Out & Back · Carolina Management Area
Trailhead: 41.48392, -71.70847
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Essex Trail - east spur, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Maximus, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Field trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miPass Wells Pond.
- 1 miReach Wells Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Field trail, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Maximus, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Essex Trail - east spur, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Essex Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
66% dirt17% gravel3% grass14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:49 PM
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- North South Trail via Essex Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 249 ft
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