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Walkabout Trail Trailhead
4.6 ★★★★★ 161 Google reviews · Running trail in Chepachet, Rhode Island · Hours vary
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Loop distance
- 8 mi
- Shape
- Loop
- Shade
- Not reported
- Access
- Not reported
Confirmed from Walkabout Trail Trailhead's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
Relaxed, quiet area for hiking, camping and trail walking.
What runners say about Walkabout Trail Trailhead
“I loved how clean and quiet was I also like the fact that generators have to be shut off at 8:00 so that was even better I totally found myself a new campground to use”
“That was beautiful and for the most part much more quiet than most campgrounds I have been to.”
“This is a well marked and maintained trail that winds through very interesting terrain.”
“I loved how clean and quiet was I also like the fact that generators have to be shut off at 8:00 so that was even better I totally found myself a new campground to use”
I have hiked the orange trail (8 miles) and the blue trail (2 miles). On the occasion that I hiked the blue trail I had children aged 5, 10, and 12 with me. They had no difficulty with this hike. The orange trail I hiked with a second adult. I would call it moderate difficulty based almost entirely on length.
Did the shortest of 3 loops, about 2 mi. Other options are 6 and 8 mi. Very pleasant but not too exciting. Don’t go right after a rain. We saw a doe along the path. Lots of flying bugs even in mid afternoon. Nice easy trail.
This is a campground park with trails around the lake. Parking for about 5 cars at entrance. Further down access road is the pay gate entrance to camping.
great wooded hike starting in Pulaski State park on the snow-shoe trail then completed the orange trail which take you out on an eastern route put of the park where you will spend most of the walk between Pulaski and George Washington camp ground.
Trail conditions & character
“That was beautiful and for the most part much more quiet than most campgrounds I have been to.”
“This is a well marked and maintained trail that winds through very interesting terrain.”
“The entire trail is an 8 mile loop, but you can take short cuts to make this a 6 or 2 mile loop hike.”
“I loved how clean and quiet was I also like the fact that generators have to be shut off at 8:00 so that was even better I totally found myself a new campground to use”
“The multiple loop choices is a great feature to let you choose a hike based on the time or energy you have.”
Plan your run at Walkabout Trail Trailhead
The practical stuff
- AccessHours vary — hours are not posted for this trail, so check before an early or late run
- Loop distance8 mi back to where you parked. Long enough for a real long run.
- ShadeNot reported. Assume some of it is exposed and carry water in summer.
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