Hikers at the Duvall trailhead now have a new safety resource,
thanks to Genevieve Joubert’s Silver Award project.
Genevieve Joubert's Silver Award project worked with the South Kingstown Land Trust to help local hikers stay safe while hunting and to help prevent Lyme disease from tick bites.
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She designed and built a cedar box, measuring, cutting, staining, and adding a plaque. She asked the local community to donate wood, vests, and tick removal kits. She then mounted it to a tree at the Duvall trailhead.
Her inspiration came from all of the hiking and camping she does with her family and dogs, especially every Sunday from fall through early Spring.
We plan to have an opening ceremony this Sunday, October 18th, at 11 am with the box fully stocked.
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From SKLT
DuVal Trail System
Difficulty: Moderate
Length: 7.28 miles (to walk roundtrip both linear and loop trails)
Points of interest: Located in an area known as Susanna’s Woods, the DuVal Trail System features the 4.8 mile out-and-back DuVal (Blue) Trail, the 2.4 mile out-and-back Jones Camp (Green) Trail, the 0.7 mile Polly’s Rock Loop (Red) Trail), and the 0.6 mile Lynn’s Loop (Yellow) Trail. The trails cross numerous parcels of land protected by SKLT and DEM between 1983 and 2013. These trails feature the hill and kettle topography of a terminal moraine left by the retreating glaciers of the last ice age. Susanna’s Woods is noted for its stands of oak once 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.
Trailhead Directions: From Route 1 southbound, take the Perryville Center exit and continue for 0.4 mile. Turn left onto Post Road and continue for 0.5 miles. The parking area will be on the left at the foot of the Quaker Burial Ground Historical Cemetery.
From Route 1 northbound, take the first U-turn after the Moonstone Beach Road exit and proceed per directions above.
A message from RIDEM about hiking along trails this season.
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