Category: Rhode Island Private

Dundery Brook Trail – Little Compton
The Nature Conservancy’s Dundery Brook Trail crosses forested wetlands, swamps, old fields and wet meadows which “support a changing variety of creatures throughout the year.”  
Map  Here is their website.   401-331-7110  Descriptions:  Rhode Island Families in Nature    Rhode Island Blueways  
  “Dundery Brook trail crosses from the Town’s Veteran’s Field property into the Conservancy’s 118-acre Bumblebee Preserve, across nearly 3,000 feet of boardwalk structure, which then connects with a grassy trail over an old cartpath of an additional 3,000 feet.  A hike in and out easily exceeds two miles.”

Claire D. McIntosh Wildlife Refuge  — Audubon Environmental Education Center at Bristol   
Here is the refuge website.   This is the Nature Center and Aquarium website   . Phone: 401-245-7500  Map
Thank you to Lawrence J.F. Taft of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island for suggesting this location.
“Situated on the 28-acre McIntosh Wildlife Refuge, the Environmental Education Center has walking trails with a ¼ mile boardwalk that winds through fresh and saltwater marshes to a majestic view of Narragansett Bay. The refuge is along the East Bay Bike Path allowing bikers and walkers access to the refuge’s natural beauty…..The Center is fully handicapped accessible, including the trails and boardwalk.”

Norman BirdSanctuary
Norman Bird Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary and environmental education center with more than 325 acres of diverse habitats and 7 miles of hiking trails.
Phone: 401-846-2577  Here is their website.
 Universal Trail.  Thank you to Natasha Harrison for the photographs and this information: “…we .. just completed our Universal Trail which goes all the way down to our pond (about  .25 miles) where we have a viewing platform.  We have been working hard to be as accessible as possible so that more people  can enjoy nature.”