Trails and parking have been developed and the land is officially open for hiking! Because the property was funded with a grant from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), public access and passive recreation are assured permanently.

The Charlestown Conservation Commission has worked hard since 2021 to lay out trails and coordinate with Charlestown’s Department of Public Works, The Nature Conservancy, and the Charlestown Land Trust.

The 66.5 acres of mostly forested land lies along Alton Carolina Road (Rt. 91) between The Nature Conservancy’s Francis Carter Preserve and the State’s Carolina Wildlife Management Area.

Now that the preserve is officially open, you can walk the trails anytime between dawn and dusk.

Charlestown purchased this property as a protected public open space on September 30, 2021. The land was acquired with funding from a $400,000.00 Natural Heritage grant from the state and the remaining $500,000.00 in town open space funds approved by voters in a 2015 referendum.

Tucker Wood’s location helps to fill a gap in a conservation corridor between the Francis Carter Preserve in Charlestown and the Carolina Wildlife Management Area in Richmond.