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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct · highs 14–26 °C (57–79 °F)
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- F3°-6°100
- M7°-2°123
- A14°3°121
- M19°9°103
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- J27°17°111
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- S22°13°107
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- D4°-4°120
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
A 77-mile (124 km) hiking trail that runs the length of Rhode Island from the Atlantic Ocean in Charlestown to the Massachusetts border in Burrillville, Rhode Island.
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Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 121 km · 75 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Connects to
- Midstate Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Rhode Island
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Route centre
- 41.6756, -71.7315
- Route start
- 42.0088, -71.7856
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 11102215
- Wikidata
- Q16982950
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail startBenson Mountain Trail
1.0 mi · 1.6 km · Rhode Island
Airline Trail
2.1 mi · 3.4 km · Connecticut
Southern New England Trunkline
4.8 mi · 7.7 km · Massachusetts
Midstate Trail
5.4 mi · 8.7 km · Massachusetts
Putnam River Trail
9 mi · 14 km · Connecticut
Blackstone River Bikeway
10 mi · 16 km · Massachusetts
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