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 -★★- 3.4 miles – Double forested loops with access to Ledyard’s Great Oak Park
    • 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 –★★– 2.7 miles – Varied trails around wetlands and along a utility corridor, one great trail, one missing
    • 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 –★★– 1.3 miles – Hilly terrain separated by a ridge for a great double loop hike with access to the Shunock Brook trail
    • Mitchell Preserve and Reed Woodlands –★★– 4.7 miles – Rough wet rocky seldom-used trails on my visit, high water didn’t allow for an expected loop hike
    • Shunock Brook Preserve –★★– 1.5 miles – Out and back trail highlighted by great boardwalk and an impressive rock overhang
    • Tefftweald at Birchenturn – Unexplored
    • Tri-Town Forest –★★★– 3 miles – Rugged terrain, an old homestead, and a tri-town marker
    • Yannatos Preserve -★★- 0.5 miles – Cross a river to access overgrown trails and a small view of the pond

Norwich

• • • Cedar Wood Preserve –★★– 1.7 miles – Nice forested trails that are ADA accessible with some road noise form I-395
    • Hunter Brook Preserve –Unexplored– 0.8 miles

Preston

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

Stonington

• • • Beebe Pond –★★★– 3.1 miles Great loop hike with views of the water
    • Copps Brook Preserve –Unexplored– 3.1 miles
    • 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