Click on the "Trail Map (PDF)" button to download a PDF of the trail map that you can print and take with you on the trail.

Avenza maps are special, free maps that you can use in the Avenza app on your smart phone. These maps let you see your location on the map as you walk. Download the Avenza App for free in the Apple App Store or on Google Play

Click on the Avenza Trail Map button to "purchase" the free map for this trail from the Avenza map store. If this is your first time, Avenza will ask you to set up an account to check out. However, all Avenza trail maps listed on ExploreRI are free.

In Rhode Island the primary hunting seasons typically run from the second Saturday in September to the last day of February and from the third Saturday in April to the last day in May, however this can vary from year to year and depends on what game is being hunted. During hunting season you should wear at least 200 square inches (a hat OR a vest) of blaze orange. During shotgun deer season, which is typically in December, you should wear at least 500 square inches of blaze orange (a hat AND a vest). For more information see the RI DEM website.

The trails at Simmons Mill Pond Management Area are primarily grassy old cart tracks, and make for easy walking. Maps at each trail crossroad help you to keep your bearings as you walk, and hand-lettered signs at the start of each new trail will give the approximate time it takes to walk them.

These cart paths form two large loops, the Farmsite Loop and the Amy Hart Loop. Both parking areas connect to the Farmsite Loop -- which provides the best views of the ponds and the remains of the farm that once stood on this property. The Amy Hart Loop can be accessed from the northeastern corner of the Farmsite Loop. This trail is about a mile long, and will take you deeper into the woods.

Simmons Mill Pond Management Area is a coastal maritime oak-holly forest, a rare habitat that only grows in the right conditions in southern New England. This unusual forest is home to a rather unusual mammal: the Southern flying squirrel, a fascinating little mammal that glides from tree to tree on the skin between its wrists and ankles. Flying squirrels are nocturnal, but you may be lucky enough to see one soar overhead if you take a walk in these woods near dusk.

Cold Brook Road Trailhead

Driving Landmarks: The approximate address for this trailhead is 212 Coldbrook Road, Little Compton. The trailhead is on the right just 0.1 miles from where Coldbrook Road branches off from Long Highway.

Parking: Yes: Parking lot, 20 spaces, no overnight parking

ADA Accessible Parking Spaces? No

Coordinates: 41° 32.392' N    71° 9.28' W   See this location in: Google Maps   Acme Maps

John Dyer Road Trailhead

Driving Landmarks: This trailhead is on the east side of John Dyer Road. Coming from the north it is about 1.2 miles from the junction with Coldbrook Road and coming from the south it is about 0.8 miles from the junction with Pottersville Road and Mullin Hill Road.

Parking: Yes: Parking lot, 15 spaces, no overnight parking

ADA Accessible Parking Spaces? No

Coordinates: 41° 32.145' N    71° 8.036' W   See this location in: Google Maps   Acme Maps