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 134-acre Glacier Park is a dramatic example of a recessional moraine glacial landscape, with kettle and kame topography, carved canyons, glacial erratic boulders and the moraine ridge. A number of the kettles are below the groundwater level, forming beautiful ponds. The morainal ridge over looks the glacial outwash plain (86-acre Lathrop Preserve owned by the Audubon Society of Rhode Island), Winnapaug Pond, the Misquamicut barrier beach, Block Island Sound, and the terminal moraine of Block Island and Long Island.

A glacier geologist has reported than having all of these features in an undeveloped site is globally unique.

There are over 2 miles of trails on the property. Some of the trails follow ridges and some follow valleys. There are a few steep trails up the sides of ridges.

Following the arrival of settlers from Europe, the property was part of a large farm. An Inn was located at one time on Shore Road where guests could ride horses. The former field across Shore Road was used as a Polo Field by people from the Watch Hill resort community. The property was seized after Pearl Harbor for a shoreline battery to protect the area from a German invasion. The property was permanently protected by the Westerly Land Trust in cooperation with Newbury Development Company, which built two clusters of active senior residences on 38 acres, which are surrounded by Preserve land.

When walking here you may come across some areas where trees have recently been cut down. For an explanation for why these trees were cut down, see this op-ed published in the Westerly Sun in 2015.

Westerly Land Trust web page for their conservation properties

Dogs: Yes. Must be under control or on leash. Waste pick up required.

Skiing/Snowshoeing: Yes, some but not all of the trails are suitable for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing

Other Amenities: There are a few rustic benches but otherwise there are no amenities and no restrooms.

Tom Harvey Road Trailhead

Driving Landmarks: Enter Newbury Way off Tom Harvey Road, across from the Westerly Industrial Park and the Westerly Airport. The parking spaces are immediately on the right. Additional roadside parking is available on Tom Harvey Road.

Parking: Yes: Parking lot, 12 spaces, no overnight parking

ADA Accessible Parking Spaces? No

Coordinates: 41° 20.6' N    71° 48.38' W   See this location in: Google Maps   Acme Maps

Shore Road Trailhead

Driving Landmarks: Enter Newbury Way from Shore Road (Route 1A) east of Winnapaug Road. Take the first right and the parking spaces are immediately on the right.

Parking: Yes: Parking lot, 3 spaces, no overnight parking

ADA Accessible Parking Spaces? No

Coordinates: 41° 20.015' N    71° 48.3' W   See this location in: Google Maps   Acme Maps