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Save1777 acre site of forest land, wetland area and agricultural land containing hiking and biking trails, birdwatching and other wildlife viewing and hunting.The trail is a 4.7 mile hike which has abundant wildlife. Along this trail are tiny ponds with nesting boxes which provide housing for the wood ducks. Hikers are actually walking in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. A wildlife marsh attracts waterfowl, furbearers such as muskrat, and other wetland dependent birds. Buck Hill Management Area Benson Mountain Trail, with access to the North South Trail (77-mile trail that crosses the entire state of Rhode Island), has difficult inclines and rocky trails.
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Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
Land Status: State Forest
Land Manager: RI DEM

Access Info:
Buck Hill Road, Chepachet, RI 02892
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- Mountain Bike
19 trails
- Hike
19 trails
- Trail Running
19 trails
- Horse
0 trails
- Snowshoe
18 trails
Region Details
- 13
- 2
- 2
- 2
Region Status
Caution as of Oct 3, 2021Stats
- Trails (view details)
- 19
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 19
- Trails Hike
- 19
- Trails Trail Running
- 19
- Trails Snowmobile
- 1
- Trails Snowshoe
- 18
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 1
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 15
- Total Distance
- 14 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 5 miles
- Total Descent
- 844 ft
- Total Vertical
- 197 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 776 ft
- Reports
- 10
- Ridden Counter
- 325
Popular Buck Hill Management Area Trails
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Buck Hill Pond Dam Trail | Jul 12, 2022 @ 11:20am Jul 12, 2022 | Very Dry | Nickf1985 | ||
Benson Mountain Trial South West | Jul 12, 2022 @ 11:20am Jul 12, 2022 | Very Dry | Nickf1985 | ||
Mid Star Cutoff | Jul 12, 2022 @ 11:20am Jul 12, 2022 | Very Dry | Nickf1985 | ||
Border Trail | Jul 12, 2022 @ 11:20am Jul 12, 2022 | Ideal | Nickf1985 | ||
Yellow Dot / Benson South | Jul 12, 2022 @ 11:20am Jul 12, 2022 | Very Dry | Nickf1985 | ||
Yellow Dot | Oct 3, 2021 @ 4:07am Oct 3, 2021 | Variable | Areadinghobo | ||
North South Buck Hill N | Oct 3, 2021 @ 4:07am Oct 3, 2021 | Variable | Areadinghobo | ||
North South Trail Buck Hill S | Oct 3, 2021 @ 4:07am Oct 3, 2021 | Unknown | Areadinghobo |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date | |
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![]() | PatrickmSWeRf | ridden | trail | North South Buck Hill N and 2 more | Aug 13, 2022 @ 4:23pm Aug 13, 2022 |
![]() | Nickf1985 | comment | trail | Mid Star Cutoff | Jul 14, 2022 @ 5:22pm Jul 14, 2022 |
![]() | Nickf1985 | add | report | Buck Hill Pond Dam Trail and 4 more | Jul 12, 2022 @ 9:14pm Jul 12, 2022 |
![]() | gbtour | update | trail | Star Road NW | Mar 11, 2022 @ 12:21pm Mar 11, 2022 |
![]() | gbtour | comment | trail | Star Road NW | Mar 11, 2022 @ 12:18pm Mar 11, 2022 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date | |
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![]() | trail | Very over grown with waist high grass, could... | Jul 14, 2022 @ 5:22pm Jul 14, 2022 | ||
![]() | trail | This isn't a trai, it's a goddamn river. ... | Mar 11, 2022 @ 12:18pm Mar 11, 2022 | ||
![]() | trail | This trail is about an atv wide and has a... | Jul 22, 2021 @ 8:24pm Jul 22, 2021 | ||
![]() | trail | More hike a bike | Jul 6, 2020 @ 7:10pm Jul 6, 2020 | ||
![]() | trail | Lots of hike a bike | Jul 6, 2020 @ 7:10pm Jul 6, 2020 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
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Robbins/O’Leary/Blain Preserve | 2 | 1.2 km | |||
George Washington Management Area | 9 | 2 | 3.9 km | ||
Pulaski Recreation Area | 6 | 4.1 km | |||
Douglas State Forest | 32 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 4.2 km |
Lake Chaubunagungamaug | 4 | 1 | 5.7 km |
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 19 | 14 miles | 843 ft | 5 miles | 197 ft | #10,092 | #4,250 | 10 | 85 | |||
Hike | 19 | 14 miles | 843 ft | 5 miles | 197 ft | #9,041 | #4,099 | 10 | 27 | |||
Trail Running | 19 | 14 miles | 843 ft | 5 miles | 197 ft | #9,020 | #4,073 | 10 | 1 | |||
Snowmobile | 1 | 2 miles | 85 ft | 3,054 ft | 95 ft | |||||||
Snowshoe | 18 | 12 miles | 761 ft | 5 miles | 197 ft | #538 | #302 | |||||
Backcountry Ski | 1 | 1,191 ft | 7 ft | 581 ft | 7 ft | |||||||
Nordic Ski | 15 | 12 miles | 751 ft | 5 miles | 184 ft |
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