Date visited: 7/6/2022

Okay, so I was fascinated by the big blue water tower on this property. The trail passes right next to the tower. It is just such an odd and unusual thing to see on a trail like this. I seem to notice a bunch of these water towers in my travels through Rhode Island. I'm sure they exist in every state, but for some reason I seem to notice them more here. It was a challenge to get the dogs in a picture with the big blue water tower. It reminded me of a giant Smurf in the sky! Okay, enough about the giant Smurf.. I mean water tower. The trail here is short, it's a half mile, perfectly flat, stone dust loop trail. There are educational signs along the way that feature tidbits about the history of the town of Richmond. On the back side of the loop, is the trail head for another longer trail. Since this visit was the 2nd stop of the evening, and I didn't leave the house until after work, and it was an hour and a half drive to this part of Rhode Island, we did not have time to walk the longer trail. Perhaps we will return someday, to walk the other trail under the watchful eye of the giant Smurf!

Date visited: 8/16/2022

This trail around the pond is part of Arcadia Management Area. Most of the trail is in Exeter, but a small section of the loop dips into Richmond. The pictures below are from the Richmond section. See the Exeter page for the rest of the pictures.

Date visited: 7/7/2023

The trail head for this preserve is on the corner of Punchbowl Trail and Small Pox Trail. Yes, these are actual street names. Not sure I'd want to live on "Small Pox Trail". Anyway, the preserve is nothing special. There's a red blazed loop and an extended blue blazed loop. We hiked the red one, which runs about three quarters of a mile. Sections of the trail were overgrown, but it's mostly harmless fern plants. Some were over the dogs heads, but they plowed through. "Punchbowl Trail" actually turns into an actual trail that runs along the outskirts of the preserve before proceeding into an un-named state management area. We hiked about a half mile of this too, before turning around. Other than the odd names, there's nothing here too remarkable.