Mangano-Mazzella Farm Preserve (aka Honey Hill Farm)

The Mangano-Mazzella Farm Preserve, also known as Honey Hill Farm, is 123.07 acres of mature forest (including oaks, beech, birch, maple, hickory, tulip, and sassafras), shrubby understory (blueberry, winterberry, mountain laurel, spicebush, maple leaf viburnum), and forested wetlands. It has a cold-water stream that feeds into Roaring Brook #2, then into Whalebone Creek. The preserve helps protect the Roaring Brook Watershed.

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Its southern border on Honey Hill Road is directly across from East Haddam Land Trust's 68-acre Saunders Preserve.

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Its trails take visitors through wooded sections, along fields, under power lines that bisect the property, along stone walls, and near a stream and a beaver pond. Some of the trails have challenging areas.

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Permitted activities include hiking, nature study and bird watching, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing. Leashed dogs are welcome to hike with their humans.

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Park in the Saunders Preserve parking area opposite the Mangano-Mazzella Farm trailhead.

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The property was once farmed by the Rozensky family who kept dairy cows and sold fruits and vegetables. East Haddam Land Trust purchased the property from the Mangano and Mazzella families in 2024. The acquisition was generously supported by grants from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protections's Open Space and Watershed Acquisition program and the Bafflin Foundation, as well as generous donations from private donors.

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