Avalonia Land Conservancy

Griswold

• • • Tri-Town Forest -★★★- 3 miles – Rugged terrain, a quarry, an old homestead, and a tri-town marker

Groton

• • • Antonino Preserve – Unexplored
    • Moore Woodlands – Unexplored
    • Town’s End – Unexplored

Ledyard

• • • Atkinson Family Preserve – Unexplored
    • Avery Preserve -★★- 1.5 miles – Nice short loop north of the road with an interesting sheep washing pen right at the start
    • Barrett Preserve -★★- 1.6 miles – Short loop trails through managed forest
    • Pine Swamp Wildlife Corridor -★★- 2.65 miles –
    • Samuel Lamb and Forsberg Preserve – Trail is a simple field no map needed (parking link)

North Stonington

• • • Bell Cedar Swamp – Unexplored
    • Benedict Benson Preserve -★★- 1.2 miles – Well traveled lasso loop with stream views and an old car
    • Erisman Woodlands / Babcock Ridge – Unexplored
    • Mitchell Preserve and Reed Woodlands -★★- 4.7 miles –
    • Shunock Brook Preserve – Unexplored
    • Tefftweald at Birchenturn – Unexplored
    • Tri-Town Forest -★★★- 3 miles – Rugged terrain, an old homestead, and a tri-town marker
    • Yannatos Preserve – Unexplored

Norwich

• • • Cedar Wood Preserve – ★★

Preston

• • • Preston Nature Preserve – Unexplored
    • Tri-Town Forest -★★★- 3 miles – Rugged terrain, an old homestead, and a tri-town marker

Stonington

• • • Beebe Pond – Unexplored
    • Deans Mill Wildlife Corridor – Unexplored
    • Fennerswood Preserve – Unexplored
    • Knox Family Farm Preserve – Unexplored
    • Knox Preserve – Unexplored
    • Dodge Paddock and Beal Preserve – Unexplored
    • Hoffmann Evergreen Preserve -★★★- 3 miles – Recent timber harvest has altered the forest here since my last visit
    • Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve – Unexplored
    • Paffard Woods – Unexplored
    • Pequotsepos Brook Preserve – Unexplored
    • Perry Natural Area – Unexplored
    • Ram Point (water access) – Unexplored
    • Sandy Point (water access) – Unexplored
    • Simmons Preserve – Unexplored
    • Wequetequock Cove Preserve – Unexplored
    • Woodlot Sanctuary – Unexplored