Hiking at Lincoln Woods - June 10, 2026

I joined Bill, Alan and Nancy for a early morning hike at Lincoln Woods State Park.

Lincoln Woods is RI’s oldest state park. It opened in 1909 after acquiring farmland and woodlots from the Olney, Arnold, Comstock, and Mitchell families. Over the years, it has grown to 627-acres around Olney Pond bordered by Route 146 to the west, Breakneck Hill Road to the north and Great Road/Route 123 to the east.

We would be hiking the Lincoln Woods Trail, which loops around the northern end of the park. It is a very pretty woodland littered with large glacial erratics. It is also a maze of unmarked trails and we pretty quickly got off course. We still did about 3.5-miles, and then went out for breakfast at 9 Twenty Cafe in Lonsdale.

Next week we will try Blue Hills Reservation.

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Lincoln Woods State Park
Lincoln Woods Trail from Alltrails