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for recreation, solitude, family visits, and learning.
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Outings
& Events
Visit our new EHLT Events Calendar to learn of more planned 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 ?
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.
For your safety, always wear orange when in the woods during hunting season.
More Chances to Explore Nature
East Haddam Land Trust and Lyme Land Trust encourage participation in our individual and jointly sponsored events.
For information on Lyme Land Trust events, visit their Events page.
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check our EHLT Events Calendar
April 1 - 25
Words from the Earth - Young Readers Challenge
To celebrate spring and Earth Day, East Haddam Land Trust has again partnered with the East Haddam Library System to provide a list for K-8 readers. Those who read all the books can collect stickers (younger readers) and figits (older readers). Visit either library branch for more info.
Readings and discussions with land trust and library directors and library staff are scheduled on the following Tuesdays:
Rathbun branch, April 21, 11 am-noon, and April 28, 4- 5 pm,
Moodus branch, April 21, 4-5 pm, and April 28, 11 am-noon.
Friday, April 17, 6:30 - 8:30 pm pm
Arbor Day Coffee House
Join us at First Church of Christ Congregational, 499 Town Street, East Haddam for a celebration of our natural world with music and poetry by local talents. This is the second year of the collaboration between East Haddam Land Trust and First Church. Light refreshments will be offered, and freewill donations will be accepted to benefit both nonprofits.
Saturday & Sunday, April 18 & 19, 1 - 6 pm
Daffy Donations
This weekend, you may pick up to 30 daffodils for a donation to East Haddam Land Trust. Bring family & friends, and a jar or vase, to 68 Petticoat Lane, to pick daffodils, take photos, or hang out a bit.
The daffodils are planted along about 1 mile of meandering field paths, so please wear shoes for uneven and damp conditions.
If you cannot make it this weekend, please text Pete at 860.817.3112, to arrange another date/time.
Monday, April 20, 1:30 - 3 pm
Words from the Woods Book Circle
Join this offering from the East Haddam Land Trust and the East Haddam Library System to soak in the writings of natural scientists who expand
and deepen our awareness of the ecologies of life. For this gathering we explore Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination by Barbara Hurd. All are welcome, even if you have not read or completed the book. The book circle gathers in a meeting room at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 31 Main Street, East Haddam, directly across from the Rathbun Library.
Saturday, April 25, 1 - 3 pm
Backyard Wildlife - All about Opossums
Come to First Church Congregational, Town Street, East Haddam for this family-oriented event which is an introduction to the traits, behaviors and challenges of opossums. Ferncroft Wildlife Rescue will focus on the perspective of wildlife rehabilitation and licensed rehabbers. There will be live ambassador (non-releasable) opossums for the public to encounter and interact with at the end of the program. The event will be roughly 45 minutes of presentation followed by roughly 45 minutes of public interaction.
For details on EHLT's other April Events, visit EHLT Events Calendar:
April 25 & 26, Meet the Directors
April 26, Woods Walk (registration required by 4/23)
East Haddam and Lyme Land Trusts encourage participation in our individually and jointly sponsored events. Please visit Lyme Land Trust's Events page for more information on their events.
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