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AMC Recommended Trips – Arcadia Trail (Moderate Hiking in RI)

Source: Discover Rhode Island

What you’ll see: This is the largest management area in the state of Rhode Island with the most extensive network of trails. Habitats include deciduous forest, swamps, shrub wetlands, marshes, and open bodies of water.

What you’ll experience:

• Difficulty: Moderate
• Distance: 6.7 miles one way
  
• Estimated Time: 4 hours
• Location: Arcadia Management Area, Exeter
  
• Map: USGS Hope Valley
  

What’s in the area:

• Hunting mid-October to winter (wear fluorescent orange)
  

Getting There

• I-95 to Exit 5A (RI 102 east). Follow this for about a mile until you reach RI 3. Take a right (south) and go about 1.3 miles to a blinking yellow light. Take a right here onto RI 165 west (Ten Rod Road). After 1.5 miles, go left onto Arcadia Road. Follow Arcadia Road as it turns sharply to the right, then turns left at a T-intersection 2.5 miles from RI 165. Park headquarters are on the left after another 0.6 mile.