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  • Summer Guided Hike Series: Preston Nature Preserve

    Looking for a good hiking trail this summer? Join the Avalonia Conservancy as we embark on guided hiking trails on our beautiful preserves! See an array of wildlife, get a good workout and spend some time learning about nature with family or friends! August 20 th : Preston Nature Preserve, Preston CT Trail Details: Well-established…

  • Summer Guided Hike Series: Knox Preserve (change of location)

    *Please note this hike was edited on 8/25 - change of location - the hike will be at Knox Preserve (previously listed as Knox Family Farm) Looking for a good hiking trail this summer? Join the Avalonia Conservancy as we embark on guided hiking trails on our beautiful preserves! See an array of wildlife, get…

  • DPNC led Walk-tober hike at Tefftweld at Birchenturn – FREE

    Tefftweald at Birchenturn 282 Grindstone Hill Road, North Stonington, CT, United States

    Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center will lead a hike at Tefftweld at Birchenturn. This is a free hike. more about Tefftweld at Birchenturn

  • Haunted Hike at Preston Nature Preserve

    Preston Nature Preserve Krug Road, Preston, CT, United States

    Avalonia naturalist and photojournalist Bruce Fellman will lead a family-friendly trek along the Preserve’s half-mile of gentle trails that starts with a search for migrating birds and butterflies, including Monarchs, and a scan of plants for caterpillars, galls, and all the preparations for winter that the natural world undergoes in October. Then, as the darkness…

  • CT Trails Day (3 Events)

    We have three programs happening on Saturday, June 3 for CT Trails Day: Cross-town hike in Groton from 9:30-1:30 (in partnership with GOSA and Groton Parks and Rec.), The Benedict Benson…

  • Preston Nature Preserve Walk

    Preston Nature Preserve Krug Road, Preston, CT, United States

    The Avalonia public is welcome to join naturalist Bruce Fellman as he leads a walk for North Stonington Garden Club at Preston Nature Preserve. From Bruce: "Everyone should take advantage of the flower power of this refuge, which is just gorgeous right now, thanks, in large part, to extensive plantings of Bee Balm and natural…

  • History & Nature Hike at Perry Natural Area

    April 29,  2-4 pm.  Perry Natural Area, North Anguilla Road in Stonington (directions) Beth Sullivan will lead a hike with Beth Moore from Stonington Historical Society. A joint effort to…

  • Cinco de Mayo Hike

    TriTown Forest Preserve 91 Miller Road, North Stonington, CT, United States

    On March 20th, Avalonia closed on one of its most exciting acquisitions in many years. The Tri-Town Ridgeline Forest, a 409-acre property straddling Griswold, North Stonington and Preston, is the…

  • Griswold – Educational Hike – Rixtown Road

    Rixtown Mt. 367 Rixtown Road, Griswold, CT, United States

    A CT Trails Weekend Hike Challenging hike up Rixtown Mt. in honor of our 50th anniversary with views and a quarry, then through a chestnut oak forest to Avalonia's Lost Pond, hiking over two old stone dams. Remarkable stone walls and other structures are found along the entire trail. Please bring water and a cell…