Weetamoo Woods
December 9 2017 Approximate distance hiked.
Weetamoo woods. There are 7 miles of trails within Weetamoo Woods and another 2 miles in the adjacent Pardon Gray Preserve Tiverton Land Trust. Weetamoo Woods in its entirety is easily one of the best places in Rhode Island to hike. Weetamoo Woods Pardon Gray Preserve Tiverton.
The trails have gentle slopes rockyrooted pathways and wet areas in spring. This is a forested swamp that includes stands of Atlantic white cedar trees. Weetamoo has over 750 acres of varied habitats including rare coastal oak-holly forest and an Atlantic white cedar swamp.
Weetamoo Woods Tiverton RI. Blue - 1 Mile. Weetamoo Woods East Road entrance bridge Scipio Cook cellar hole and remnant garden Sawmill remains stone and earthen dam millrace arched bridge Cellar hole Lake Rd.
Together with Pardon Gray Preserve and the Pocasset Ridge Conservation Area over 1500 acres of forest in Tiverton are protected. Squaw Sachem of the Wampanoag Weetamoo was born in 1640 to the Sachem chief of the Pocassets Corbitant and one of his wives. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
31 miles Fairly easy with some rocky footing. She had a younger sister Wootonekanuske. 41351425N 71 94537W Last Time Hiked.
Yellow- 20 Miles- Out and Back so its 2 miles 1 way Orange- 12 Miles. Weetamoo Woods Tiverton RI. The 650 acres of Weetamoo Woods are middle-aged forest with some trees that survived the 1938 Hurricane now 100 - 125 years old.