Woody Hill Management Area hike

Woody Hill Loop - 6.5 miles, more or less.

Come join us for a 6.5+/- mile loop hike through parts of the Woody Hill Management Area, the Woody Hill State Management Area, the Westerly Municipal Land Trust area, and the Wahaneeta Preserve that many hikers may not already know.

Woody Hill is the common name for four parcels of preserved land in Westerly, RI. The Woody Hill Management Area and Westerly Municipal Land Trust are the largest and the Westerly Land Trust and the Narragansett Indian Tribe being the others.

The area has a surprising amount of climbing being less than a mile from the ocean. This area is typical New England with ridgelines, beautiful forests, streams, and ponds. Trails were developed between 2017-2020 and are a mix of fun, fast beginner-friendly to very technical designed for advanced riders. The best thing about Woody Hill is there is something for everyone.

A note about the trail names - each trail on the Townland is named after local craft beers. Beer is part of the mountain biking culture, so it seemed fitting, and to also promote local breweries. How it started was the builder was taking a lunch break on the first trail and was drinking a local DIPA called 'Captains Daughter' and thought that would be a great name for a trail, which led to every other trail being named after beers. It has been very well received by the community, and especially the named breweries.

Distance: Approximately 6.5 miles
Time Duration: 3 hours
Blaze Orange is not required

As a condition of your voluntary participation in this activity you acknowledge and agree to the following: this activity involves inherent risks that can cause property damage, injury, illness, disability, and/or death to participants and/or others; you assume all risk associated with this activity; you are responsible for having the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities, clothing, and equipment to safely participate in this activity; you know and will follow the Hiker Responsibility Code described at www.hikesafe.com; the leader(s) of this activity are volunteers; and you for yourself, your heirs, executors, and administrators release, hold harmless, and indemnify the leader(s) and all members of this group from any and all claims for property damage, injury, illness, disability, and/or death - including those caused by negligence and/or other reasons.
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