10 Hiking Trails near West Thompson Lake
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Jerimoth Hill
Foster, Rhode Island
9.2 miles SERhode Island's highest point at 812 feet — a large summit rock just 200 yards and a 5-minute walk from the road, surrounded by scenic lakes and verdant trees in Foster.
Hike
Georgiaville Pond Beach
Smithfield
20.3 miles ESmithfield's town-run public beach on 92-acre Georgiaville Pond, open to non-residents with a $4 day pass and a $20 parking sticker. Check RIDOH and DEM water advisories before swimming.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Coes Pond Beach
Worcester
21.0 miles NWorcester's lifeguarded city beach on Coes Reservoir, officially the John J. Binienda Memorial Beach, with a bathhouse, free summer kayak and paddleboard loans, and trails around the pond. No admission fee.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Lincoln Woods State Park Beach
Lincoln
23.9 miles EFree freshwater beach on Olney Pond in Lincoln Woods State Park, Rhode Island's first state park, with seasonal lifeguards, a beach pavilion and showers just north of Providence.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Hopkinton State Park Upper Beach
Ashland
28.8 miles NEThe unguarded reservoir beach above the dam at Hopkinton State Park, separate from the guarded Main Beach below it, with 8 dollar resident parking and boat rentals on the water.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Windsor Locks Canal Trail
Suffield, Connecticut
36.6 miles WA 4.5-mile towpath trail along a 170-year-old historic canal with scenic vistas of both the Connecticut River and the old waterway itself.
Hike, Mountain Bike
Metacomet Trail
East Granby, Connecticut
43.5 miles WA 62.7-mile Blue-Blazed trail along Connecticut's Metacomet Ridge — part of the New England National Scenic Trail — open to hikers, backpackers, bikers, horseback riders, and in winter, snowshoers.
Hike, Mountain Bike
Houghton's Pond Beach
Milton
44.6 miles NEFree, lifeguarded beach on a spring-fed kettle pond in DCR's Blue Hills Reservation in Milton, with free parking, a bathhouse and trails into the Blue Hills.
Hike, Swim
Lake Wyola State Park
Shutesbury
47.1 miles NWDCR's Carroll A. Holmes Recreation Area has a lifeguarded sand beach on the northwest shore of quiet Lake Wyola in Shutesbury, with a seasonal $8 (MA) or $30 (out-of-state) parking fee.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Lake Dennison Recreation Area
Winchendon
48.7 miles NA DCR-run state recreation area in Winchendon with a sandy beach on Lake Dennison, a wooded Army Corps lake. Summer parking is $8 for Massachusetts plates and $30 for others.
Camp, Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
