Table Rock Trail – Hopkinton
- Table Rock Trail
- Stubtown Road, Hopkinton, RI
- Trailhead: 41°30’1.04″N, 71°46’20.93″W
- Last Time Hiked: May 25, 2020
- Approximate distance hiked: 2.8 miles
- Moderate, some elevation, rocky footing in areas.
The aptly named Table Rock Trail is the newest trail in the Canonchet Preserves of Hopkinton. This hike is done to complete a loop rather than an out and back hike. For this hike I’ve opted to eliminate the road walking first. With that being said, from the parking area at the dead end of Stubtown Road start walking down the road (easterly) from where you drove in. You will pass a few homes and the parking area for Ashville Pond. At nine tenths of a mile, just after utility pole 6 turn right onto the orange blazed trail. This is the Table Rock Trail. For the next 1.2 miles this trail winds up and down several hills, follows ridge lines, crosses brooks, weaves through an archaeological site, passes stone walls, and by an abundance of mountain laurel speckled with rhododendrons. You will come upon the table rock formation the trail is named for as well as an old foundation and boulders put here by the glaciers. At the end of the orange blazed trail turn right onto the yellow blazed Canonchet Trail. The remainder of the hike, uphill at that, follows the yellow blazes pass cairns, a massive boulder, and stone walls flanking the lane that was once the western end of Stubtown Road. The trail eventually comes to Stubtown Road where you have started the hike. When archery hunting is allowed here from October 1st through January 31st, be sure to wear orange.
The Table Rock
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