Time: 9:30 am
Place: Nehantic State Forest, Holmes Road Parking Lot, East Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us for this moderately easy walk in the woods. Everyone is welcome. Wear bright clothing because of hunting season. Don’t forget your walking stick. We will walk about 3 miles.
This weekâs hike will explore a portion of the newly created Goodwin Trail in Nehantic State Forest in East Lyme and Salem, led by Henry Graulty who worked on the trails, and Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator. We will walk to the border of Hartman Park and back.
The Richard H. Goodwin Trail, overseen by the Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Coordinating Committee, is a an extended trail system crossing four towns: East Haddam, Salem, Lyme and East Lyme. In the future, the goal is to connect to other existing trail systems in surrounding towns. Dr. Richard H. Goodwin (1911-2007) was president of the Nature Conservancy from 1956 to 1958 and again from 1964 to 1966. The Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit organization, was started in 1951, and Dr. Goodwin was one of its founders. Since then, it has protected 15 million acres of land in the United States and 102 million acres in 29 other countries.
Rain cancels.
Directions from Rte 156 in Lyme: Take Rte 156 to Beaver Brook Road. Travel about 3.7 miles on Beaver Brook Road. Turn left onto Grassy Hill Road. Travel 1.7 miles and turn left onto Upper Walnut Hill Road. Go 1.1 miles and turn left onto Holmes Road. Proceed to the parking lot of Nehantic State Forest.
Photo: Trailblazers group at Balanced Rock in Smuggler’s Rock Preserve, Salem CT by Wendolyn Hill
Join us for this moderately easy walk in the woods. Everyone is welcome. Wear bright clothing because of hunting season. Don’t forget your walking stick. We will walk about 3 miles.
This weekâs hike will explore a portion of the newly created Goodwin Trail in Nehantic State Forest in East Lyme and Salem, led by Henry Graulty who worked on the trails, and Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator. We will walk to the border of Hartman Park and back.
The Richard H. Goodwin Trail, overseen by the Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Coordinating Committee, is a an extended trail system crossing four towns: East Haddam, Salem, Lyme and East Lyme. In the future, the goal is to connect to other existing trail systems in surrounding towns. Dr. Richard H. Goodwin (1911-2007) was president of the Nature Conservancy from 1956 to 1958 and again from 1964 to 1966. The Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit organization, was started in 1951, and Dr. Goodwin was one of its founders. Since then, it has protected 15 million acres of land in the United States and 102 million acres in 29 other countries.
Rain cancels.
Directions from Rte 156 in Lyme: Take Rte 156 to Beaver Brook Road. Travel about 3.7 miles on Beaver Brook Road. Turn left onto Grassy Hill Road. Travel 1.7 miles and turn left onto Upper Walnut Hill Road. Go 1.1 miles and turn left onto Holmes Road. Proceed to the parking lot of Nehantic State Forest.
Photo: Trailblazers group at Balanced Rock in Smuggler’s Rock Preserve, Salem CT by Wendolyn Hill
