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◂︎ Mandy & Lexi's Rhode Island Adventures
Hopkinton
Grills Preserve
Date visited: 7/6/2022
The inland towns of Rhode Island aren't as interesting as the costal towns, but they do feature many different hiking areas. This nature preserve is one of them. There are a few different blazed trails here, but we walked a 1.5 mile loop trail that incorporated three different trails. We started on the narrow yellow blazed trail and connected to the wider blue blazed via the red blazed trail, which passes the old cemetery. Other than the cemetery, which dates back to the 1800's, this is pretty much just a basic, albeit pleasant, walk in the woods.
Black Farm Management Area
Date visited: 9/8/2022
This is one of the many wildlife management areas in Rhode Island. Hunting season starts the second Saturday in September in Rhode Island, and while you can still hike at these places during hunting season if you wear a certain amount of orange, I just prefer not to. So we only had a couple days left to visit this place. We came here after work, and sun sets early so the sun was low in the sky by the time we got here. We hiked about a mile and a half loop. The trail was mostly wide and well maintained, except for the section leading up to the rickety bridge toward the end of the loop. There was also a historic cemetery. We saw some deer across the river, but they were moving too fast and I was not able to get a photo. Other than the bridge and cemetery, the place wasn't that memorable. It was a fine walk in the woods, but probably not worth the hour and twenty minute drive.
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Canonchet Preserves
Date visited: 10/24/2023
This is a series of nature preserves jointly maintained by The Nature Conservancy and Hopkinton Land Trust. We hiked a 1.2 mile loop, part of the Hoxie Preserve, which I guess is also part of the Canonchet Preserve. It's all pretty confusing. The sign did say that the preserves were part of the "Borderlands Dark Sky Trail System", which sounds very cool. The hike is a pretty basic walk in the woods, with some classic New England stone walls, but not much else of interest. The fall colors were nice, but other than that, this was pretty much unremarkable.
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