A short out and back on the
DuVal Trail in
Susanna's Woods, South Kingstown.
The cache is placed near an overlook on the DuVal trail oin
South Kingstown. The trail extends for another 1.5 miles beyond the
cache, so be sure to explore a bit. This is a very pretty location,
and a great spot for a walk in the woods.
The walk to the cache and back is about 0.6 miles along a nice
trail, via V1 below. At V1 you have a view all the way to the
ocean. Please do not bushwhack, even if your receiver is saying
it's only 200' off trail. Please stay on the trail all the way to
the cache.
A small parking pull out can be found at P1 below - the trail
head is across the street. Although the road is not very busy,
please exercise caution as there is a bend in the road just up from
the pull out.
From the SKLT website:
The 2.4 mile DuVal Trail crosses numerous parcels protected by
SKLT and RIDEM between 1983 and 1998. SKLT’s DuVal Trail
project was chosen as a Conservation Assistance Project by the
National Park Service (NPS) for its Rivers & Trails Program in
1998, which provided technical assistance in siting and design of
the trail in Perryville.
This trail features the hill and kettle topography of a terminal
moraine left by the retreating glaciers of the last ice age.
Visitors enjoy a sweeping view of the ocean and Block Island to the
south from a scenic overlook. Mountain bikes and motorized vehicles
are not allowed.
Susanna’s Woods is noted for its stands of oak and thick
under-story of mountain laurel. It lies within the Charlestown
Recessional Moraine, a line of hilly terrain which runs from
Narragansett Bay through Watch Hill, Fisher’s Island, and
Long Island, marking where the last glacier paused before its final
retreat. Acting as a natural dam, the moraine created
Worden’s Pond, the Great Swamp, and the course of the
Pawcatuck River.
Historically, the woods were used as woodlots for the plantation
families who farmed the flat land nearer the coast. Though the area
was never cleared, it has been continually cut for 300 years.
The DuVal Trail crosses numerous parcels protected by the
South Kingstown Land Trust and the
RI DEM. The mission of the South Kingstown Land Trust is to
conserve and protect the natural resources and open spaces of South
Kingstown for the enduring benefit of our community.
This cache has been placed with the permission of the South
Kingstown Land Trust.