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.
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Goodwin Trail Challenge
NEW DATE - Sunday, October 19
Register by 5 pm Eastern time on October 18
The Goodwin Trail Mountain Bike Challenge is a unique 45-mile adventure loop
that utilizes the most interesting and challenging public preserves in East Haddam,
Salem, Lyme, and East Lyme, Connecticut. The most iconic portion of this loop is the
The Goodwin Trail. This is a unique, 13.5 mile linear trail that winds its way through
preserved lands owned by local land trusts, municipalities, the Yale School of Forestry, and Nehantic State Park.
The new start/end location is Yankee Cider Company, 23 Petticoat Lane, East Haddam, CT, 06423. The updated route will be shared with all registrants.
Learn more and find the registration link on our Goodwin Challenge page.
Eightmile RiverFest
Saturday, October 18, 1-4 pm
Celebrate the Eightmile River at Devil's Hopyard State Park. RiverFest highlights the nature and wildlife of the Eightmile River watershed by bringing together conservation and wildlife groups, great food, and bluegrass music.
It's all FREE and East Haddam Land Trust will be there.
Saturday, October 18, 2-5 pm
Halloween in the Village
Join the Halloween fun in East Haddam Village and check out all the scarecrows, including EHLT's Mother Nature. Vote for your favorite scarecrow following the instructions found near the scarecrows. You can find more event info here.
Words from the Woods Book Circle
Monday, October 20, 1:30 - 3 pm
Join us at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 31 Main Street, East Haddam. This month will each read a book of our choice that explores a deep relationship with animal kindred. Interested in the topic but didn't choose a book, come and offer your own insights on expanding notions of kindred to the more-than-human realm. You are welcome to join to hear the discussion even if you have not read a book. The book circle is a collaboration between East Haddam Land Trust and the East Haddam Library System. You can learn more here.
Woods Walk
Sunday, October 26, 1 - 3 pm
This brisk-paced hike will be led by Steve Dedman through sections of the Johnston Preserve in Lyme. Meet at the preserve parking area on Route 82, 2 miles west of the Rt 82 and Rt 156 intersection. Leashed dogs are welcome to hike with their owners. Bring light snacks to share along with EHLT refreshments for an after-hike tailgate.
Thursday, October 30, 4 pm
Celebrate Fall and Cider!
Please register at education@lymelandtrust.org
Join Lyme Land Trust and East Haddam Land Trust for a walk through the apple orchard and to enjoy the beautiful fall color at Yankee Cider Company property,
23 Petticoat Lane, East Haddam.
After the walk, enjoy a fun social hour in the Yankee Cider Tap Room, which offers delicious New England Style hard ciders made from fruit grown in the orchards.
Yankee Cider will provide a 50% discount for your first drink order and have a variety of cider and wine available for purchase. https://www.yankeeciders.com/
Friday, October 31, 5 - 8 pm
Project Safe Halloween
Bring your costumed kiddos to the East Haddam Municipal Complex, 1 Plains Road, Moodus, for Project Safe Halloween, sponsored by East Haddam Police, Park and Rec, and Youth and Family Services. EHLT will be there; stop to say "Hi."
Bells of East Haddam
Start Searching on October 1
Thirty Bells wetre hidden in East Haddam Land Trust preserves. If you find one, you may keep it. If you are not already a member of East Haddam Land Trust, 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.
The Bells are tucked away, within about an arm's reach, on various trails at these East Haddam Land Trust preserves: Ballahack, Bloch, Duncan, Golet Farm, Hammond Mill, Hidden Valley, Hill Tree Farm, Mangano-Mazzella (aka Honey Hill), Miller Farm, Monica's Woods, Olde Field, Pegus' Path, Saunders, Sheepskin Hollow, Snell-Talbot, and Walls Way.
If you find a Bell, please take a photo of it and note the number on the bottom, then post your photo on our Facebook or Instagram page.
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.
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Contact Us
Mail:
East Haddam Land Trust
P.O. Box 122
East Haddam, CT 06423
Email:
Phone:
(860) 484-3458