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Outings
& 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 as part of your exercise routine?
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.
Please, 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 are working together to encourage participation in our individual and jointly sponsored events.
For information on events offered by our neighbors at Lyme Land Trust, visit their Events page. You may want to join their Tuesday or Wednesday morning hikes/walks or attend one of their other events.
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Saturday, November 22, 3 - 4:30 pm
Improve Your Photography Skills on Smartphone or SLR Cameras
Please register at education@lymelandtrust.org
Join Lyme and East Haddam Land Trusts for a walk with Joe Standart. Joe will teach the techniques, settings and editing options on a smart phone and/or SLR camera. Many of the concepts apply to all cameras. As we explore, Joe will give insight into photographing the moving water of the Chapman Falls waterfall. Joe Standart is an internationally recognized award-winning photographer.
EHLT encourages participants to consider submitting online their nature photographs to the land trust for possible inclusion in its 2027 calendar.
You may check out the rules here.
Sunday, November 30, 1 - 3 pm
Woods Walk
This brisk-paced hike will be led by EHLT directors through sections of Machimoodus and Sunrise State Parks. Meet at the main parking lot, 128 Leesville Road, in the Moodus section of East Haddam. Leashed dogs are welcome to hike with their owners. Participants are invited to bring light snacks to share
along with EHLT refreshments for an after-hike tailgate.
Bells of East Haddam UPDATE
We believe fewer than 10 bells remain hidden at these East Haddam Land Trust preserves: Hidden Valley, Monica's Woods, Olde Field, Pegus' Path, Saunders, and Sheepskin Hollow. However, some Bells may have been found but not reported.
If you find a Bell, you may keep it.
Please take a photo of it noting the number on the bottom and the preserve in which it was found, and email Doreen at the below address.
Feel free to post your photo on our Facebook or Instagram page.
Those not already EHLT members, can receive a one-year complimentary membership by emailing their name, address, phone number to land trust director Doreen Jezek at doreen.jezek@ehlt.org.
Sunday, December 7, 1-4 pm
Chocolate Creation Workshop
Join Jodie Liatti, a long-time chocolatier, to learn chocolate design and dipping techniques and support East Haddam Land Trust in one sweet gathering. The class will teach how to create yummy chocolates as holiday gifts for others or for yourself. All supplies will be provided and
each participant will leave with five bags of chocolates!
Participation is limited to 10 people, who must register by December 5 at ehlt.org/chocolate. The registration fee is $60, which will be considered a donation to EHLT that brings a one-year membership.
The location will be provided to paid registrants.
As this is a fundraiser, there will be no refunds for attendance cancellations.
Sunday, December 14, 1-3 pm
Woodland Wander
This slower-paced hike at Sheepskin Hollow Preserve and led by the land trust’s Executive Director Pete Govert, is designed for those who like casual walks through the woods with time to explore nature. Meet at the parking area on Sheepskin Hollow Road. Leashed dogs are welcome to come along with their owners. Walkers are invited to bring light snacks to share along with EHLT refreshments for an after-hike tailgate.
Monday, December 15, 1:30 - 3 pm
Words from the Woods Book Circle
Each month, book circle participants discuss different nature science writings. For this gathering, we will share thoughts on Wishtree by Katherine Applegate. This is an engaging and heartwarming young adult novel about a red oak that is a neighborhood's "wishtree." Meet at the community room of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, on the opposite side of Main Street, East Haddam, from Rathbun Library. The book circle is a collaboration between East Haddam Land Trust and the East Haddam Library System. Check at the Rathbun Library for copies of each month's book, but you are welcome to join even if you haven't read or completed the book.
Check back here and on our Facebook page for event postponements, cancellations, or updates.
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
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Phone:
(860) 484-3458