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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.
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.
Sunday, April 26, 1 - 3 pm
Woods Walk (register by 4/23)
Harold "Fritz" Moritz, local retired geologist and birder, will lead a walk and discussion through the mounds and kettles of the Chapal Farm Preserve. If you think this past winter was cold, it was nothing compared to the subarctic conditions that prevailed when the landforms we will experience were formed as a continent of ice slowly retreated northward from the state 15,000 or so years ago. Along the way we will listen and look for migrating birds that are sure to be passing through the many microhabitats we will encounter. Meet at the parking lot off Rte.82 (across from Devil's Hopyard Road). The hike is limited to 20 participants, so please sign up, by 4/23, at https://www.ehlt.org/woodswalk. Walkers are invited to contribute light snacks for an after-hike tailgate.
NOTE: TROUBLE REGISTERING? PLEASE TRY AGAIN. WE HAD SOME GLITCHES. FOR CONTINUED REGISTRATION ISSUES, EMAIL CATHERINE@EHLT.ORG.
Saturday, April 25 & Sunday, April 26, 12 - 8 pm
Meet the Directors
Head to Yankee Cider, Petticoat Lane, East Haddam, to meet the East Haddam Land Trust Directors. Enjoy fellowship and conversation while also enjoying the locally made hard ciders and wines of Yankee Cider. This casual get-together will offer a comfortable setting for learning about your land trust. Come and go as you please, with no obligations. The land trust directors will be rotating in and out of Yankee Cider both days and welcome your engagement! Yankee Cider will donate part of the proceeds of their sales to the land trust.
For details on EHLT's other upcoming Events,
visit EHLT Events Calendar:
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