Explore Old Lyme, CT
Old Lyme at a Glance
Part of Windham County
If you’re looking for the best hiking trails in Chaplin this is the complete guide to all the long trails, waterfalls, and history it has to offer.
Chaplin has well over 500 acres of protected land hosting:
- 11 hiking areas for 8.4 miles of hiking trails
- 1 whitewater boating area
- 3 spots for fishing
- 1 disc golf course
Trails range from the wide flat out-and-backs of the Air Line to short hilly and wooded loops. The town boasts one of the best swimming holes that is not a swimming hole at Diana’s Pool as well as one of the rare whitewater runs in the state. For a more relaxed day, cast a line along the Natchaug River or try your hand at the 9 hole disc golf course at Garrison Park. Seek out the paper mill ruins, the hidden waterfall, or just pass through historic Main Street.
Hiking
Town Parks
- Ames Family Preserve – Unexplored
- Bartholomew Preserve – Unexplored
- Champlain North – Unexplored
- Champlain South – Unexplored
- McCulloch Family Open Space – Unexplored
Land Trust
- Old Lyme Land Trust
- Belton Copp Preserve – Unexplored
- Boggy Hole Preserve – Unexplored
- George & Woodward H. Griswold Preserve – Unexplored
- Goberis Chadwick Preserve – Unexplored
- Hatchetts Hill Preserve – Unexplored
- Heller Preserve – Unexplored
- Hoffman-Matthiessen-DeGerenday Preserve – Unexplored
- Jericho Preserve – Unexplored
- John Lohmann CT River Preserve – Unexplored
- Lay-Allen Preserve – Unexplored
- Lohmann Buck Twining Preserve – Unexplored
- Mile Creek Preserve – Unexplored
- Upper Three Mile River Preserve –★★★★– 2.8 miles – Great loop hike with rugged terrain, dense mountain laurel, and clear swift waters
- Watch Rock Preserve – Unexplored
- Old Lyme Land Trust
State Parks / Forest
- Ferry Landing State Park –★★– 0.43 miles – Mostly the state marine headquarters, but casual strolling on an impressive boardwalk
- Roger Tory Peterson WMA – Unexplored
Blue Blaze
- N/A
The Rest
- N/A
Boating/Fishing
- Connecticut River
- Four Mile River Boat Launch
- Lieutenant River Water Access
- Rogers Lake Boat Launch
Coming soon!
The 155th oldest town in Connecticut. Old Lyme was incorporated as South Lyme from Lyme in May 1855 and renamed Old Lyme in 1857.
