Explore Portland, CT

Town Parks

• • Portland Reservoir Rim Trail –  ★★– 2 miles – Pretty easy loop hike using old woods roads around the reservoir with lots of water features
  • Riverfront Park – Unexplored

Land Trust

• • Middlesex Land Trust
    • Abe Tempkin Preserve –Unexplored
    • Cedar Meadows Preserve –Unexplored
    • Collins Preserve – ★★– 0.5 miles – Short loop with homestead ruins and water crossings
    • General Hoar Preserve –Unexplored
    • Oak Ledges Preserve –★★– 0.7 miles – Rugged short loop up ledges and out to a meditation shelter
    • Palmer Taylor Preserve –★★– 2.3 miles – Somewhat rough trails through varied terrain and possibility for a waterfall
    • Pecausett Meadows Preserves –Unexplored
    • Rattlesnake Brook Preserve –Unexplored
    • Sterry Preserve –Unexplored

State Parks / Forest

• • Air Line Trail State Park
    • Current map of extension in progress
    • Medium sized lot near 82 Middle Haddam Rd, Portland, CT
    • Small lot near 179 Breezy Corners Rd Portland, CT
      • Connection to Palmer Taylor Preserve
  • Meshomasic State Forest –★★– 3 miles – Varied old woods roads, trails, and connections in the Webb Swamp Area
  • Pequsett Meadows Marsh WMA – Unexplored
  • Wangunk Meadows WMA – Unexplored

Blue Blaze

• • Shenipsit Trail
    • South Terminus at Great Hill –★★★– 3.6 miles – A steep climb to a great overlook of the CT River then on to tiny waterfall below Bald Hill

The Rest

• • Helen Carlson Wildlife Sanctuary – Unexplored