Rhode Island trails · Mary Mowry Trail (Green)
Mary Mowry Trail (Green)
A 1.8-mile out-and-back in Rhode Island, with 239 ft of climbing. Reaches Curran Lower Reservoir and other beach/lake destinations.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the middle third — 67% of the ascent, between mile 0.6 and mile 1.2. It gives back about 371 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Curran Lower Reservoir (lake)
- Mountaindale Beach (beach)
Getting there
Mary Mowry Trail (Green) access — parking nearby. About 19 min drive (11 mi) from Providence. 41.89953, -71.54083 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:29 a.m., the sun rises at 6:57 a.m. and sets at 6:06 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:34 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 10 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 3.5-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 32 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 8:29 a.m. — 9 h 37 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Ken Weber Trail (Red) + Mary Mowry Trail (Green) + Wm. Steere Trail (Purple) — 2.5 mi loop, 128 ft gain
- World War II Memorial Trail (yellow) + Mary Mowry Trail (Green) + Ken Weber Trail (Red) — 3.5 mi loop, 522 ft gain
Nearby trails
- World War II Memorial Trail (yellow) — 1.6 mi
- Blackstone River Bikeway — 7.2 mi
- Woonasquatucket River Greenway — 7.3 mi
- Blackstone River Greenway (RI) — 7.9 mi