Past Events

Tuesday Trek: Jewett Preserve

Date: Tue January 9, 2024
Time: 9:00 am
Place: Jewett Preserve
Contact Email: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina White
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Hike the white trail and see interesting indigenous stone works.  Meet at Mt. Archer Woods parking lot on the south side of Mt. Archer Road.

Contact: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule


Hike the white trail and see interesting indigenous stone works.  Meet at Mt. Archer Woods parking lot on the south side of Mt. Archer Road.

Contact: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule


Imagining Lyme–Photo Submission Deadline – Fall/Winter

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Rochelle Davis, Fall 2022 Photo of Distinction
Date: Sun January 7, 2024
Time: midnight
Place: Submit photos to Imagining Lyme website
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
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Submit up to three of you favorite photos to share. The Lyme Land Trust program Imagining Lyme: A Visual Exploration of Lyme’s Preserves encourages everyone to expand their visual awareness and highlight the beauty of the Lyme preserves owned by the Lyme Land Trust, the Town of Lyme and the Nature Conservancy by taking photographs prompted by inspiration from professional photographers and artists. Photographers do not have to be residents of Lyme but all photos must be taken in Lyme in any of these places:

  1. Lyme Preserves owned and/or managed by the Lyme Land Trust, Town of Lyme, The Nature Conservancy, and the State of CT.  View a map of the preserves
  2. Pollinator/wildlife habitat with native plants- May be in a backyard, preserve or in a Lyme Pollinator Pathway garden in Lyme, CT.
  3. Trail 53 – The clear sky above Lyme.

For more information and to submit photos


Submit up to three of you favorite photos to share. The Lyme Land Trust program Imagining Lyme: A Visual Exploration of Lyme’s Preserves encourages everyone to expand their visual awareness and highlight the beauty of the Lyme preserves owned by the Lyme Land Trust, the Town of Lyme and the Nature Conservancy by taking photographs prompted by inspiration from professional photographers and artists. Photographers do not have to be residents of Lyme but all photos must be taken in Lyme in any of these places:

  1. Lyme Preserves owned and/or managed by the Lyme Land Trust, Town of Lyme, The Nature Conservancy, and the State of CT.  View a map of the preserves
  2. Pollinator/wildlife habitat with native plants- May be in a backyard, preserve or in a Lyme Pollinator Pathway garden in Lyme, CT.
  3. Trail 53 – The clear sky above Lyme.

For more information and to submit photos


Astronomy Observing Session

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Date: Fri January 5, 2024
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Place: Trail 53 Observatory
Contact Email: astronomy@lymelandtrust.org
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Young or old, experienced, or totally unfamiliar, we look forward to exposing you to our uniquely dark skies here in Lyme. We have several different telescopes that are on display including a 14″ Schmidt-Cassegrain housed in a permanent observatory.

Registration required. Upon registration you will receive a link to directions and observing session guidelines.

For more information and to register: Astronomy Events


Young or old, experienced, or totally unfamiliar, we look forward to exposing you to our uniquely dark skies here in Lyme. We have several different telescopes that are on display including a 14″ Schmidt-Cassegrain housed in a permanent observatory.

Registration required. Upon registration you will receive a link to directions and observing session guidelines.

For more information and to register: Astronomy Events


New Year’s Day 2024 Hike with a Lyme Land Trust Board Member

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by Nick Griffin
Date: Mon January 1, 2024
Time: Various times
Place: 2 different locations in Lyme
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
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Start 2024 off with a refreshing hike in the Lyme woods. The Lyme Land Trust is offering two walks this year. Register with the walk leader for the time and location you prefer. Space is limited. You may sign up for more than one walk if space and time permits.

  • 10:00 am to 12:30ish pm: Pleasant Valley Preserve with Tony Irving.  Notice glacial geology and its effect on colonial agricultural practices on a moderate 3.5-mile walk with a long gentle incline to a spectacular overlook. Meet at pull-in parking lot, Macintosh Rd, Lyme, about 1/4 mile west of the intersection of Macintosh road and Rte 156.
    Register: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com
  • 1:30 to 3:30ish pm: Selden Creek Preserve with Wendy Hill: Hike to beautiful overlook vistas of Selden Creek and surrounding marshlands. White to orange to blue and back. a moderately easy 2 plus miles. Meet at Selden Creek Preserve parking lot on the west side of Joshuatown Road, about 4 miles north of the intersection of Joshuatown Road and Rte. 156, Lyme.
    Register: openspace@townlyme.org

For more information about the preserves and directions.  Walks are moderate to moderately easy unless noted. Everyone is welcome. End times are approximate. Allow extra time. Bring a bottle of water. Inclement weather cancels. Check for updates on the LLT website.


Start 2024 off with a refreshing hike in the Lyme woods. The Lyme Land Trust is offering two walks this year. Register with the walk leader for the time and location you prefer. Space is limited. You may sign up for more than one walk if space and time permits.

  • 10:00 am to 12:30ish pm: Pleasant Valley Preserve with Tony Irving.  Notice glacial geology and its effect on colonial agricultural practices on a moderate 3.5-mile walk with a long gentle incline to a spectacular overlook. Meet at pull-in parking lot, Macintosh Rd, Lyme, about 1/4 mile west of the intersection of Macintosh road and Rte 156.
    Register: anthonyinlyme@gmail.com
  • 1:30 to 3:30ish pm: Selden Creek Preserve with Wendy Hill: Hike to beautiful overlook vistas of Selden Creek and surrounding marshlands. White to orange to blue and back. a moderately easy 2 plus miles. Meet at Selden Creek Preserve parking lot on the west side of Joshuatown Road, about 4 miles north of the intersection of Joshuatown Road and Rte. 156, Lyme.
    Register: openspace@townlyme.org

For more information about the preserves and directions.  Walks are moderate to moderately easy unless noted. Everyone is welcome. End times are approximate. Allow extra time. Bring a bottle of water. Inclement weather cancels. Check for updates on the LLT website.


FULL – Winter Solstice Luminary Walk along Roaring Brook

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Wendolyn Hill
Date: Thu December 21, 2023
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Place: Banningwood Preserve. 19 Town St., Lyme CT
Contact Email: regan@reganstacey.com
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Celebrate the Winter Solstice with a Luminary Walk along Roaring Brook. Renew your connection with yourself and the Earth as we tap into nature’s rhythms and the four elements of earth, fire, water, and air on a guided meditative walk. A small closing ceremony will take place at the water’s edge as we then prepare for our return walk along the illuminated path. A restorative time of year, the winter solstice marks a solar turning point, where the darkest day turns the corner to renewed light and we welcome the season of winter—a rebirth of the sun.

Registration: FREE (donations to support Regan‘s offerings to the community are welcome)

Please register here. 

Regan Stacey is an artist and environmentalist whose passion is to reconnect humans to nature for the betterment of themselves, their communities, and our beautiful planet, Earth. Through her private practice, she offers forest bathing walks, spiritual life coaching, and mindfulness training. She is also co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, training forest therapy guides to share this work around the world. Find out more about her work at reganstacey.com


 

Celebrate the Winter Solstice with a Luminary Walk along Roaring Brook. Renew your connection with yourself and the Earth as we tap into nature’s rhythms and the four elements of earth, fire, water, and air on a guided meditative walk. A small closing ceremony will take place at the water’s edge as we then prepare for our return walk along the illuminated path. A restorative time of year, the winter solstice marks a solar turning point, where the darkest day turns the corner to renewed light and we welcome the season of winter—a rebirth of the sun.

Registration: FREE (donations to support Regan‘s offerings to the community are welcome)

Please register here. 

Regan Stacey is an artist and environmentalist whose passion is to reconnect humans to nature for the betterment of themselves, their communities, and our beautiful planet, Earth. Through her private practice, she offers forest bathing walks, spiritual life coaching, and mindfulness training. She is also co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, training forest therapy guides to share this work around the world. Find out more about her work at reganstacey.com


Tuesday Trek: Saunders Preserve in East Haddam

Date: Tue December 19, 2023
Time: 9:30 am
Place: Sanders Preserve, Honey Hill Rd, East Haddam
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
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Saunders Preserve lies atop both the Pattaconk Brook Fault and the Honey Hill Fault, revealing geology in the northern half of the preserve that is fundamentally different from that in the southern half. We will walk about 2 miles, mostly moderate with a few rocky inclines.

The 69.5 acre preserve was acquired by East Haddam Land Trust in 2023 from the family of John and Diana Saunders, longtime East Haddam residents who wished to see the land preserved in perpetuity.

Directions: Follow Rte 82 onto Honey Hill Road.  At the first three-way intersection, stay on the center road. Then take a left at the next intersection. It is 1.5 miles from the intersection of Rte 82 and Honey Hill Rd. The parking lot is on the right.

Contact: openspace@townlyme.org

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule


Saunders Preserve lies atop both the Pattaconk Brook Fault and the Honey Hill Fault, revealing geology in the northern half of the preserve that is fundamentally different from that in the southern half. We will walk about 2 miles, mostly moderate with a few rocky inclines.

The 69.5 acre preserve was acquired by East Haddam Land Trust in 2023 from the family of John and Diana Saunders, longtime East Haddam residents who wished to see the land preserved in perpetuity.

Directions: Follow Rte 82 onto Honey Hill Road.  At the first three-way intersection, stay on the center road. Then take a left at the next intersection. It is 1.5 miles from the intersection of Rte 82 and Honey Hill Rd. The parking lot is on the right.

Contact: openspace@townlyme.org

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule


Tree Collective- Teen Hike and Steward Group Meet-up

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Date: Sun December 17, 2023
Time: 1:00-3:30 pm
Place: Register to learn location
Contact Email: reganstacey@gmail.com
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The Tree Collective is a program designed to engage young conservationists ages 14-18 in outdoor fun and education while working to maintain trails in our beautiful town of Lyme, CT. It is sponsored by the Lyme Land Trust under the leadership of environmentalist/artist Regan Stacey. Each time we meet, we offer a different topic, often with a hike and trail work in a selected preserve.

Tools and gloves provided.

For more information. 

Registration required: reganstacey@gmail.com.

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The Tree Collective is a program designed to engage young conservationists ages 14-18 in outdoor fun and education while working to maintain trails in our beautiful town of Lyme, CT. It is sponsored by the Lyme Land Trust under the leadership of environmentalist/artist Regan Stacey. Each time we meet, we offer a different topic, often with a hike and trail work in a selected preserve.

Tools and gloves provided.

For more information. 

Registration required: reganstacey@gmail.com.

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Special Meteor Observing Session

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Date: Wed December 13, 2023
Time: 7:30 - 9:00pm
Place: Trail 53 Observatory
Contact Email: astronomy@lymelandtrust.org
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The Geminids peak the next two nights, and we have a clear sky with no moon. It will be FREEZING out and meteor observing means sit in a chair, so… bundle up, and bring a chair. I will also place an object or two in the observatory telescope, too, to observe one or more planets and other objects of interest.

Registration required. Upon registration you will receive a link to directions and observing session guidelines.

For more information and to register: Astronomy Events


The Geminids peak the next two nights, and we have a clear sky with no moon. It will be FREEZING out and meteor observing means sit in a chair, so… bundle up, and bring a chair. I will also place an object or two in the observatory telescope, too, to observe one or more planets and other objects of interest.

Registration required. Upon registration you will receive a link to directions and observing session guidelines.

For more information and to register: Astronomy Events


Lymes’ Senior Center Take-A-Walk Wednesday with Wendy

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Photo by Wendy Hill
Date: Wed December 13, 2023
Time: 9:30 am -11:30ish pm
Place: Hartman Park Goodwin Trail Head Parking, Gungy Rd. Lyme
Contact Email: sgould@oldlyme-ct.gov
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Darling Road Preserve – We will walk along a portion of the Goodwin Trail and visit a giant ancient oak tree. About 2.5 mikes.

Directions: Meet at Hartman Park Goodwin Trailhead Parking, Gungy Road, Lyme about 2 miles north of the intersection of Beaver Brook, Grassy Hill and Gungy Rd. For a map:  Hartman Park

Reservations are required.  Please email sgould@oldlyme-ct.gov or call 860-434-4127 to reserve your spot. Free to Lyme’s Senior Center members. $5 for non-members.

On the 2nd Wednesday of each month the group will get together at various hiking areas in Lyme and Old Lyme.  Hikes will be led by Wendy Hill, Open Space Coordinator of Lyme and the Vice President of Lyme Land Trust.  The walks are moderately easy, unless otherwise noted. The trails are dirt paths and may have uneven footing with roots and small rocks. There will be moderate inclines. Wear sturdy footwear and bring a hiking stick or pole if you would like. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather. Everyone welcome. Inclement weather cancels the hike.

Sponsored by the Lymes’ Senior Center.

 


Darling Road Preserve – We will walk along a portion of the Goodwin Trail and visit a giant ancient oak tree. About 2.5 mikes.

Directions: Meet at Hartman Park Goodwin Trailhead Parking, Gungy Road, Lyme about 2 miles north of the intersection of Beaver Brook, Grassy Hill and Gungy Rd. For a map:  Hartman Park

Reservations are required.  Please email sgould@oldlyme-ct.gov or call 860-434-4127 to reserve your spot. Free to Lyme’s Senior Center members. $5 for non-members.

On the 2nd Wednesday of each month the group will get together at various hiking areas in Lyme and Old Lyme.  Hikes will be led by Wendy Hill, Open Space Coordinator of Lyme and the Vice President of Lyme Land Trust.  The walks are moderately easy, unless otherwise noted. The trails are dirt paths and may have uneven footing with roots and small rocks. There will be moderate inclines. Wear sturdy footwear and bring a hiking stick or pole if you would like. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather. Everyone welcome. Inclement weather cancels the hike.

Sponsored by the Lymes’ Senior Center.

 


Tuesday Trek: Selden Creek Preserve

Date: Tue December 12, 2023
Time: 9:00 am
Place: Selden Creek Preserve
Contact Email: ryan.p.quinn@gmail.com
Presenter: Ryan Quinn
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Winter is here. Bundle up for a 2-mile trek to explore this preserve during the quiet time of the year. Meet at the parking lot and entrance on Joshuatown Rd.

Contact: ryan.p.quinn@gmail.com

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule


Winter is here. Bundle up for a 2-mile trek to explore this preserve during the quiet time of the year. Meet at the parking lot and entrance on Joshuatown Rd.

Contact: ryan.p.quinn@gmail.com

View the Tuesday Trek Schedule