Long Pond Woods Trail
Strenuous several areas of climbing significant elevation.
Long pond woods trail. ASRIs Long Pond Woods land is part of a large conservation area with trails connecting to Connecticut. Long Pond Road Rockville RI 02873 Small parking lot is located next to the refuge sign. I found another of the most beautiful locations in Rhode Island.
The forest runs through Belvidere Eden Lowell Johnson Montgomery Waterville and Westfield in Franklin Lamoille and Orleans counties. The steep terrain harbors dense groves of mountain laurel and rhododendron and offers arguably the most challenging hiking of any Audubon Refuge. Long Pond Woods Trail is a 44 mile lightly trafficked out and back trail located near Hope Valley Rhode Island that features a lake and is rated as moderate.
Long Pond Woods Trail is a 45 mile heavily trafficked out and back trail located near Hope Valley Rhode Island that features a lake and is rated as moderate. Like its neighbor Black Pond it is managed for native heritage brook trout by the Department of Environmental ConservationBoth ponds contain native strain brook trout and use of baitfish is prohibited. 8 reviews of Long Pond Nature Area Rhododendron hemlock and really big rocks The Long Pond-Ell Pond Nature Area and hiking trails are not a place for a person looking for a gentle and easy hike.
At this point the yellow trail continues to your left but youll want to take the unmarked trail straight ahead of you towards Long Pond. Long Pond is a 14-acre pond just north of Black Pond. On the Narragansett Trail which runs northsouth hereAn unmarked path leads east to the Long Pond overlook while a shorter unmarked path leads west to Ell Pond.
The 220 acres of rocky and steep terrain provide an incomparable birds eye view of Long Pond. North Road Hopkinton RI. Trailhead Highlands Trail or Hewitt-Butler Trail.
The trail is primarily used for hiking walking nature trips and birding and is best used from March until November. After the bench the trail will climb slightly and soon bring you down to a smaller stream. The best place to begin your walk is Goodwill Park which has several parking areas and trail access points.