QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 11 acres
- Trail Mileage: 0.5 miles in network
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy to moderate
- Sights: Muscongus Bay, seaside ledge, interesting geological formation
For a small preserve, quiet, out-of-the-way Bass Rock Preserve offers a lot of beauty. Two short forested loops — a quick side trail — bring you to the shores of wide Muscongus Bay. The shore is ledgy — so good for taking in some sun. Someone had also strung up a simple swing when I visited, so you could glide over stone and sea edge. The preserve also includes an interesting well-like rock, “a geologic mystery, a 2-ft by 2.5-ft-round, 4-ft-deep hole” in the bedrock off the main trail.
Directions: Take Route 32 to Round Pond. At the Granite Hall Store, take the north fork (to the left of the store), which is Back Shore Road. The preserve is about 1.1 miles on the right. Trail head starts at the kiosk.
