Explore North Stonington, CT

Town Parks

• • Hangman Hill Preserve –★★– 0.3 miles – Short overgrown loop up a hill and down
  • Hewitt Farm – Unexplored
  • Stewart Hill Preserve – Unexplored

Land Trust

• • Avalonia Land Conservancy
    • Bell Cedar Swamp – Unexplored
    • Benedict Benson Preserve –★★– 1.2 miles – Small lasso loop thanks to a man who led an interesting life
    • Erisman Woodlands and Babcock Ridge –★★– 0.3 miles – Double loop across two preserves up and down a ridge
    • Mitchell Preserve and Reed Woodlands –★★– 4.7 miles – Wet woods hike to a rocky knob, red trail does not loop when the water is high
    • Parke Memorial – Unexplored
    • Richard and Mary Cooper Preserve – Unexplored
    • Sheets Family Forest – Unexplored
    • Shunock Brook Preserve –★★– 0.3 miles –
    • Tefftweald at Birchenturn –
    • TriTown Forest – Unexplored
    • Yannatos Preserve – Unexplored
  • North Stonington Land Alliance
    • Dirlam Preserve – No trails
    • Fowler Grindstone Preserve– Unexplored
    • Headwaters Preserve – No trails
    • Ives Preserve – No trails
    • Lake of Isles Preserve – No trails
    • Milltown Preserve – No trails
    • Pitcher Mountain Preserve – No trails
    • Samuel Cote Preserve – Unexplored

State Parks / Forests

• • Assekonk Swamp WMA – Borderlands Trail
  • Pachaug State Forest
    • Billings Lake – Unexplored
    • Legend Wood — ★★★ — 4.1 miles – A high overlook of Wyassup Lake, a lean-to, and a cave in this section of the Pachaug State Forest

Blue Blaze

• • Narragansett Trail
    • Lantern Hill –★★★★– 1.2 miles – The trail starts with a bang from the popular overlooks and rich history of Lantern Hill
    • Closed section over Wintechog Hill — 2 miles – This section has been closed since 2015 by the property owners while “clearing a large property for pastureland”
    • Cossaduck Bluffs –★★★– 3.3 miles – Climbing to rocky ledges and a nice overlook before following the Yawbucs Brook north
    • Legend Wood — ★★★ — 4.1 miles – A high overlook of Wyassup Lake, a lean-to, and a cave in this section of the Pachaug State Forest
      • Camping Area Legend Wood Shelter lean-to several hundred feet northwest of the High Ledge Overlook

The Rest

• • Lantern Hill –★★★★– 1.2 miles – The trail starts with a bang from the popular overlooks and rich history of Lantern Hill