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Preserve is open and flat with a paved 0.6-mile loop
road which is excellent for walking, jogging, and biking.
Its protected grassland habitat has been enhanced by
the planting of native species and ongoing invasive
plant species management. This is a popular birding
site and grassland nesting birds that are now rare
in RI nest here, such as the bobolink.
Parking is at the end of either Quail Run or Grassland
Way, both of which are off Watch Hill Road.
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This
forested Preserve has unique kettle and kame
topography resulting from long ago glacier
melts. It is adjacent to and just east of the
Winnapaug Cottages Development on Tom Harvey
Road and Shore Road. There are trails throughout
the Preserve featuring a scenic overlook high
above Shore Road.
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This
Preserve is accessed from its large gravel
parking area at the end of Bowling Lane. Largely
forested with excellent access along the river,
the parcel features a beautiful panoramic view
from the top of Big Hill. Trails are primarily
old dirt roads, easily followed and ideal for
walking, jogging, biking and snow shoeing.
Additional smaller trails strictly for foot
traffic are also maintained. Since 2008, Grills
Preserve is home to the Westerly Middle and
High School Cross Country teams, with a race
course on the trail system.
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This
Preserve has a great variety of trails both in the
lowlands along the Pawcatuck River and at higher
elevations toward the interior of the property. Access
to this Preserve is challenging but worth the effort.
Visitors must park along Old Hopkinton Road at the
end of Boyscout Drive then walk up Boyscout Drive
and past the Boyscout camp to enter the Preserve.
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