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Outings
& Events
Leashed dogs are welcome to join their humans on hikes on our preserves.
Dogs must be leashed at all times
while on EHLT preserves.
Visit the 'Our Preserves' page
for info on each preserve with trails or use our Interactive Trail Map. Use the contact link at the bottom of this page to report trail issues.
Counting steps as part of your exercise routine?
Preserve-like terrain averages about 2080 steps per mile. The length of each trail is listed on the printed maps for each preserve available at the trailheads and downloadable from the interactive trail map and on each preserve webpage.
Color Blind Trailblazing
The blue & red trails at our Miller Farm Preserve are now blazed with a white "B" for blue and "R" for red to help colorblind hikers follow the trails more easily.
Please share your impression of this change by emailing trail.monitor@ehlt.org.
Hunting Season
Hunting is not permitted on EHLT preserves but may be permitted in areas adjacent to some EHLT preserves.
Please, for your safety, always wear orange when in the woods during hunting season.
More Chances to Explore Nature
For information on events offered by our neighbors at Lyme Land Trust, visit their Events page. You may want to join their Tuesday or Wednesday morning hikes/walks or attend one of their other events.
East Haddam Land Trust and Lyme Land Trust are working together to encourage participation in our individual and jointly-sponsored events.
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Weather Postponement
New Date:
Thursday, November 6, 4 pm
Celebrate Fall and Cider!
Please register at education@lymelandtrust.org
Join Lyme and East Haddam Land Trusts for a walk through
the Yankee Cider Company orchard, 23 Petticoat Lane, East Haddam.
Afterward, enjoy a fun social hour in their Tap Room for delicious New England Style hard ciders made from fruit grown in the orchards.
Yankee Cider will offer a 50% discount for your first drink order and have ciders and wines available for purchase. https://www.yankeeciders.com/
Sunday, November 9, 1 - 3 pm
Woodland Wander
This relaxed-paced hike, led by Pete Govert and EHLT directors, allows opportunities to explore and learn about different aspects of nature found in the Town of East Haddam's Hatch Lot Reserve.
Meet at the parking area on Mill Road in East Haddam. Leashed dogs are welcome to hike with their owners. Bring light snacks to share along with EHLT refreshments for an after-hike tailgate.
Saturday, November 15 & Sunday, November 16, 5 - 8 pm
Meet & Greet EHLT's Directors
East Haddam Land Trust's directors will be at Yankee Cider, 23 Petticoat Lane, to answer questions, listen to any suggestions or ideas you have for us,
or discuss land conservation in general.
Yankee Cider will give a portion of its sales proceeds to EHLT during these times.
Stop in for locally made refreshments from locally grown fruit,
and join us for conversation.
Monday, November 17, 1:30 - 3 pm
Words from the Woods Book Circle
Each month book circle participants discuss different nature science writings. For this gathering we will share thoughts on Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change our Minds, and Shape our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake. Meet at the community room of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, on the opposite side of Main Street, East Haddam, from Rathbun Library. The book circle is a collaboration between East Haddam Land Trust and the East Haddam Library System. Check at the Rathbun Library for copies of each month's book, but you are welcome to join even if you haven't read or completed the book.
Sunday, November 30, 1 - 3 pm
Woods Walk
This brisk-paced hike will be led by Steve Dedman through sections of Machimoodus and Sunrise State Parks. Meet at the main parking lot, 128 Leesville Road, in the Moodus section of East Haddam. Leashed dogs are welcome to hike with their owners. Bring light snacks to share
along with EHLT refreshments for an after-hike tailgate.
Bells of East Haddam
UPDATE
Of the 30 Bells hidden before 10/1, all have been found at the following preserves: Miller Farm, Duncan, Ballahack, Golet Farm, Snell-Talbot, Bloch and Walls Way.
We believe bells remain hidden at these East Haddam Land Trust preserves: Hammond Mill, Hidden Valley, Mangano-Mazzella (aka Honey Hill), Monica's Woods, Olde Field, Pegus' Path, Saunders, and Sheepskin Hollow. However, some Bells may have been found but not reported found.
If you find a Bell, you may keep it. Please take a photo of it noting the number on the bottom, email Doreen at the below address,
then post your photo on our Facebook or Instagram page.
If you are not already an EHLT member, you will receive a one-year complimentary membership if you send your name, address, phone number and email to land trust director, Doreen Jezek at doreen.jezek@ehlt.org.
Check back here and on our Facebook page for event postponements, cancellations, or updates.
Check 'Our Preserves' for info on each preserve with trails or use our Interactive Trail Map.
Use the contact link at the bottom of this page to report trail issues.
Visit a
Preserve
The East Haddam Interactive Trail Map provides trail, parking, and general information for trails maintained by East Haddam Land Trust, the Town of East Haddam, and The Nature Conservancy.
Find printed preserve trail maps at East Haddam's Municipal Office Complex.
We also have preserves and easements without trails where access is not practical or landowners maintain the use of the property.
Please note, hunting is not permitted on EHLT preserves, but please wear orange during hunting season as a safety precaution.
Leashed dogs are welcome to join their humans on hikes on our preserves and must remain leashed at all times.
We currently protect 900+ acres of land in preserves and through property easements. Many of our preserves have marked hiking trails open to the public.
Enjoy hiking at East Haddam Land Trust preserves with trails. Use our Interactive Trail Map on your mobile and desktop devices for information on East Haddam Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, and Town of East Haddam trails. Leashed dogs may accompany hikers on East Haddam Land Trust trails and must remain leashed at all times. Find downloadable trail maps on each preserve page.
East Haddam Land Trust
preserves with trails:
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Mangano-Mazzella Farm Preserve (aka Honey Hill Farm)
East Haddam Land Trust preserves with historic sites:
Town of East Haddam and Nature Conservancy open-space with trails :
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Chapal Farm Preserve
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Davison Memorial Walking Park
Contact
Us
We welcome curiosity and will reply to your questions as promptly as possible.
Message Us
Contact Us
Mail:
East Haddam Land Trust
P.O. Box 122
East Haddam, CT 06423
Email:
Phone:
(860) 484-3458