Hikes
Hike the Avery Preserve
Avery Preserve 55-35 Avery Hill Rd, Ledyard, CT, United StatesAn Avalonia representative will take us through the Avery Preserve which features a maple swamp, open upland woods, and Atlantic white cedar. This hike is cosponsored by Ledyard Library and Avalonia Land Conservancy and consists of two to three miles. Please wear proper hiking attire. Park on East tract off Avery Hill Road. This is…
Great Avalonia Trail Trek 2020
Do you want to help save land? Do you like getting a good workout in? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then you should sign up for the Great Avalonia Trail Trek! The Great Avalonia Trail Trek is a week-long fundraiser from Saturday, October 17 to Sunday, October 25 that will give…
Leo Antonino Preserve Family Hike
Leo Antonino Preserve 0 Antonino Road, Groton, CT, United StatesDate: Sunday, June 5 Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Hike Leaders: Janet Anderson and Robert Volkmann Join us for family-friendly hike celebrating CT Trails Day at the Leo Antonino Preserve in Groton. The trail travels through mature woods, along vernal pools and active brooks, and near erratics and upthrust sections of granite. Parts…
TriTown Forest Preserve Hike
TriTown Forest Preserve 91 Miller Road, North Stonington, CT, United StatesSunday, June 5 Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Hike Leader: Stephen Colgan Join us for a leisurely 2.5 mile hike in the TriTown Forest Preserve. We will follow the yellow trail which is generally flat but does have some short climbs and descents. If you look on the All Trails App, the trail…
Hike Cedar Wood Preserve
Cedar Wood Preserve 180 North Wawecus Hill Rd., Norwich, CT, United StatesCT TRAILS DAY EVENT: This year, Avaloniaโs is hosting three events during the annual Connecticut Trails Day event. This hike is at one of Avaloniaโs newest acquisitions and only Norwich property, Cedar Wood Preserve โ47 acres of field, woods, and water. This 1.4-mile hike goes through an upper trail with open fields and good birding opportunities and through a lower forested trail. This will be a moderate hike with some hills/slopes…
Double Stroll Through The Herman E. Sheets Family Forest
Sheets Family Forest Puttker Road, North Stonington, CT, United StatesCT TRAILS DAY EVENT: This year, Avaloniaโs is hosting three events during the annual Connecticut Trails Day event. This event is an adventure at The Herman E. Sheets Family Forest, an 87-acre picturesque preserve that lies adjacent to the Green Fall River which opened last year. It's a mixed forest with ponds and brooks to be…
Beavers, Bird Calls, and Brilliant Bugs
Babcock Ridge 113 Babcock Road, North Stonington, CT, United StatesCT TRAILS DAY EVENT: This year, Avaloniaโs is hosting three events during the annual Connecticut Trails Day event. Join Avalonia naturalist Bruce Fellman for this special family-friendly exploration of two adjoining refuges (Babcock Ridge and D.R. Henne Memorial & Shunock Brook Preserves), which are among the Conservancyโs most ecologically diverse preserves. Accompanying us on this…
Explore the Preston Nature Preserve’s Field of Natural History Dreams
Preston Nature Preserve Krug Road, Preston, CT, United StatesExplore Preston Nature Preserveโs Field of Natural History Dreams Donโt be fooled: a natural meadow may look like an unkempt lawn that a lazy homeowner has taken a holiday from mowing, but look closer and youโll discover an amazing and fascinating array of biological diversity. The Preston Nature Preserve (PNP) offers explorers a pathway through…
Vernal Pool Adventure at Babcock Ridge – CANCELLED
Babcock Ridge 113 Babcock Road, North Stonington, CT, United StatesCANCELLED DUE TO WIND AND RAIN. NEW DATE TBD. Thereโs no better way to celebrate the arrival of spring than to visit a woodland pond alive with the sights and sounds of newly awakened amphibians and invertebrates โ and thereโs no more exciting time to do so than at dusk when the local vernal…
Honoring Earth Day with a Wild Flora Walk at the Benedict Benson Preserve
Benedict Benson Preserve Swantown Hill Road, North Stonington, CT, United StatesLed by Avalonia naturalist Bruce Fellman, trek through the Benedict Benson Preserve to watch its uplands, centerpiece stream, and wetlands come to life with greening ferns, mosses, and wildflowers, from the rare Hepatica to the ubiquitous marsh marigolds. REGISTER HERE One of the critical precursors of the passage of the Clean Water Act,…