Upper Roaring Brook Tefft Hill Trail and Arcadia Road, Hopkinton The fifth and final Arcadia Management Area hike on this website, Upper Roaring Brook has a long wooden walkway great for both strollers and wheelchairs. Don’t let the fact that…
Maxwell Mays Wildlife Refuge 2082 Victory Highway, Coventry Maxwell Mays, a folk artist best known for his paintings of historic Rhode Island, was also an environmental conservationist and philan- thropist. He donated 295 acres of land to Audubon as part…
Fort Nature Refuge 1445 Providence Pike (Route 5), North Smithfield This 235-acre woodland was donated by the Fort family to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and is the source of the Woonasquatucket River. With its wide, well-marked trails, beautiful…
Touisset Marsh Wildlife Refuge 99 Touisset Road, Warren At just 66 acres, Audubon’s Touisset Marsh is one of the smaller wildlife refuges in the state. But the easy walk through salt marshes, hardwood forests, and meadows, and the stunning views…
Blackstone Park corner of Rhode Island Ave. and Paterson St., Providence Blackstone Park and the 1.6-mile Blackstone Boulevard greenway are maintained by the Blackstone Parks Conservancy in partnership with the Providence Parks Department and the Department of Public Works. The…
Gilbert Stuart Birthplace & Museum 815 Gilbert Stuart Road, Saunderstown You may know of the museum, water wheels, and mills here, but tucked into the back of the 23-acre Gilbert Stuart Birthplace & Museum property is a lovely nature trail.…
Crawley Preserve Glen Rock Road, Richmond A joint effort of the Richmond Rural Land Conservation Trust and the South Kingstown Land Trust, Crawley Preserve is a splendid property. Although a relatively short distance, the rugged paths and convoluted trails can…
Breakheart Pond Loop off Frosty Hollow Road, Exeter With over 14,000 acres, Arcadia Management Area is Rhode Island’s largest recreational area, and offers many opportunities for outdoor activities such as hiking, mountain biking, boating, fishing, and horseback riding. This book…
Browning Mill Pond intersection of Tefft Hill Trail and Arcadia Road, Hopkinton At first glance, this might seem like just another loop trail around a pond in Arcadia Management Area. But Browning Mill Pond has unique features that make it…
Great Swamp Management Area 277 Great Neck Road, South Kingstown The 3,000+ acres of wetlands, woodlands, and meadows of the Great Swamp Management Area abut beautiful Worden Pond. Go in the early spring or fall to see the many species of…