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  • Hike – Hoffman Evergreen Preserve, Stonington

    Our trailhead is located off Route 201, and can be hard to see at times. You may receive directions using Google maps on either your computer, our website, or a…

  • Hike – Preston Nature Preserve, Preston

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

    Everyone needs to spend some time in a high summer meadow. The woodlands are quieting, uniformly green now and drier. Spring wildflowers are long gone and most vernal pools have…

  • Hike the New TriTown Forest Preserve Trail

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

    Avalonia volunteers have been hard at work building a great trail system on our new TriTown Forest Preserve (TTFP).    This hike will mark the grand opening of the blue trail (a major five-mile loop around the perimeter of these properties) and celebrate the addition of the impressive Boyd Preserve to Avalonia’s acreage.  It takes…

  • Winter Wonderland Hike

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

    Bundle up and take a winter tour of Avalonia's TriTown Forest Preserve! The route will be decided by the hike leader based on the condition of the trails, but there will be plenty of options. You may visit a winter wonderland at Lost Pond or pause in the solitude of a deep valley. Discover a…

  • Benedict Benson Preserve Hike

    Benedict Benson Preserve Swantown Hill Road, North Stonington, CT, United States

    In honor of Earth Day, we’ll be hiking the main trail of Avalonia’s Benedict Benson Preserve on a mission to find signs of spring. There are sure to be emerging fern fiddleheads, the calls of amphibians and newly arrived migrant songbirds, including, perhaps, the rare cerulean warblers that occasionally call the refuge home, and a…

  • Hike & Seek Babcock Ridge/Henne Preserves

    Babcock Ridge 113 Babcock Road, North Stonington, CT, United States

    With the dogwoods and spring wildflowers in bloom, and the birds singing and nesting, there’s no better time for a walk than mid-May. But Avalonia’s Hike and Seek program makes a good walk better, particularly for families who take part in this ongoing natural history scavenger hunt. For this family-friendly introduction to the Hike and…

  • CT Trails Weekend – 5 Hikes

    Celebrate CT Trails Day / Weekend with 5 Avalonia-sponsored hikes! Follow the links for details. TriTown Forest Preserve - June 1, 9am-12pm Great Oak Greenway - June 1, 10-11:30am Hike & Seek on Knox Preserve - June 1, 1-2:30pm Tefftweald at Birchenturn - June 2, 9-11:30am Groton Central Greenway - June 2, 1-4pm

  • Trails Day at Tefftweald

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

    Documenting what you discover on the trail is a key skill that needs to be in every naturalist’s toolkit. Whatever form your notes take, from pen and ink on paper to digital drawings, photos, and text entered on a smart device, we’ll have plenty to observe and record as we greet the morning and hike…

  • POSTPONTED Hike the Great Oak Greenway & Atkinson-Dirlam Preserve

    Nathan Lester House 153 Vinegar Hill Rd, Gales Ferry, CT, United States

    This hike has been POSTPONED. Will re-post when new date and daytime start is scheduled. Join the Ledyard Library for an early evening 2-mile hike on the trails of the Great Oak Greenway, and beyond to the Atkinson-Dirlam preserve. Meet at the Nathan Lester House parking lot for 6:00 p.m. Please wear proper hiking attire.…

  • Two Walktober Hikes on TriTown

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

    The Avalonia Land Conservancy’s TriTown Forest Preserve is a 527-acre stretch of rugged and unfragmented woods and wetlands located in North Stonington, Griswold and Preston. As summer gives way to autumn, we’re offering two different guided treks—one geared towards slower-paced nature observation; the other for hard-rock, longer-distance hikers—along TriTown’s magnificent trail system amidst a backdrop…