Distance: Up to 5 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Fisherville Brooks Wildlife Refuge is an easy hiking trail located in Exeter, Rhode Island. The trailhead is located at 99 Pardon Joslin Road, which is a dirt road. There is a sign marking the parking lot.
There is a good size parking lot, with a porta potty and a kiosk with trail information. There are two trails one on each side of the road. Since we had limited time we did a short loop on the Blue Trail, which goes around Upper Pond. The Blue Trail starts beside the kiosk and was well marked.
The trail meanders through the woods, which was very pretty.
We came to a small bridge that provided some beautiful water views. I read that this is a popular place for bird watching.
As we continued around the pond there was a short side trail to an old cemetery that was interesting to see.
We continued around the pond and came to a dam with a bridge over it and more views of Upper Pond.
After crossing the bridge we looped back around through the woods to the parking lot. It was a little less than a mile and half around the Blue Loop. There were options off this trail to extent your hike if you wish. The Fisherville Brooks Trail was an easy walk and easy to navigate. It was a perfect stop for us after we had done some exploring around Rhode Island.
