Mercy Woods Preserve - March 5, 2023

The crew - Sue, Mike, Steve and Erik

With a new drysuit on order and a family party scheduled for Saturday, I decided to put a hike on the RICKA Message Board for Sunday at the Mercy Woods Preserve. We met at 9:30 at the trailhead on Sumner Brown Road. We had about an inch of snow on the ground, which was frozen when we headed out, but wet and slushy about an hour later. We did the Ridge Trail to the south and then the Mercy Trail (behind the nursing home rather than along the road) to the north – about 3.5-miles. The hills were a little slick with the wet, slushy snow, but otherwise it was fine. It took us a little over 2-hours.

Links:

Cumberland Land Trust
Mercy Woods Trail Map

Trip Description from Explore Rhode Island