Past Events
Sunday after Thanksgiving Hike – Hartman Park Red Trail
Date: Sun November 29, 2020Time: 1:30 - 3:30ish pm
Place: Meet at Hartman Park Entrance Parking Lot
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust Board member, and Lyme Open Space Coordinator, will lead a walk on the Red Trail in Hartman Park. Work off your Thanksgiving overindulgence on this beautiful moderate trail that winds along craggy ridges strewn with boulders. The route will follow a portion of the Goodwin Trail.
The entire walk is about 3.5 miles. There are some moderate hill climbs and some rocky terrain. We will have a snack break on the bald nubble about halfway through. Bring your own water or drink.
Rain cancels.
Directions: The Hartman Park main parking lot is on Gungy Road about 1.5 miles north of the 4-way stop signs at the intersection of Beaverbrook Road, Grassy Hill Road, and Gungy Road.
Registration is required. Space is limited: openspace@townlyme.org
The 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. 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.
Tuesday Trek: Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve
Time: 9:30 am -11 am
Place: Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve parking lot, Brush Hill Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
Meet at the Brush Hill Road parking lot. Beautiful stone structures, stone walls, and an old abandoned quarry offer clues to past human activity. We will walk along the old Platt Road to the Selden cemetery – about 2 miles.
Reserve a spot: openspace@townlyme.org
View the Tuesday Trek Schedule
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 5 people. Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Inclement weather cancels.
UNPLUGGED! Weekend in Lyme/Old Lyme – Bonfire and S’mores for Teens in Diana’s Field
Time: 2:00 -4:00 pm
Place: Banningwood Preserve, 19 Town Street, Lyme CT
Contact Email: sue.cope@lymelandtrust.org
Geared for middle and high school students, come explore the beautiful Banningwood Preserve. Stop by Diana’s Field for s’mores over a bonfire tended by Sue Cope, Lyme Land Trust Environmental Director. Diana’s field is a half-mile hike from the parking lot along the lower red trail.
Download a flyer with map for the event or pick up a map with interpretive trail at the kiosk.
This is an offering for the Lyme Youth Service Bureau UNPLUGGED ! LYSB Screen-free Weekend in Lyme/Old Lyme November 20, 21, 22, 2020.
Lyme Land Trust–Late Autumn Forest Bathing
Time: 9:30 am-11:30 am
Place: Thach Preserve. 131 Brush Hill Rd., short driveway to parking area.
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Enjoy a refreshing forest bathing walk guided by Regan Stacey, a certified forest therapy guide. She will invite participants to focus the senses on the sounds, sights and colors of a vibrant beaver pond and surrounding environment. The trail is easy to moderate. For a map of Thach preserve.
The walk will conclude with a ceremonial tea for the land where we honor Mother Earth and our time together.
The group is limited to 6 participants. Social distancing guidelines will be followed. Please wear a mask to the parking lot meet-up.
Folding stools are available for your use or bring along your own stool or sit upon (towel, cloth or mat) for our sitting sessions. You may wish to bring along some water. There are no restrooms at the preserve.
The Lyme Land Trust is partnering with Regan Stacey to offer this walk at a discounted price of $25 non-members, and $20 for members of the LLT. For LLT member discount, please enter code LLTMEMBER at checkout. To become an LLT member.
Registration required. To register.
Heavy rain cancels. If canceled, an email will go out 2 hours prior to the walk.
Regan Stacy is the founder of Awaken the Forest Within, an organization that offers forest bathing walks. Forest bathing is a supportive practice that invites us to slow down, open our senses, and engage with nature and ourselves as we take in the restorative health benefits of being in the forest. These benefits include lowered stress, blood pressure, and heart rate, increased creativity and focus, and a boost to our immune system. Leave calm and refreshed for the day ahead.
Tuesday Trek: Pleasant Valley Preserve
Time: 9:30 am -11 am
Place: Pleasant Valley Preserve parking area, MacItosh Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina White
Pleasant Valley Preserve – Meet at Macintosh Rd parking lot. Easy 1.5 -2 mile hike through fields and woodlands.
Reserve a space: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
View the Tuesday Trek Schedule
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 5 people. Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Inclement weather cancels.
Walk with Joe Standart, Photographer–Kick-off for Imagining Lyme
Time: 8:30-10:30
Place: Banningwood Preserve, Town Street, Lyme CT
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
You are invited to a walk guided by Joe Standart, an internationally recognized award-winning photographer, and a Lyme Land Trust board member. As we explore, Joe will give insight into his creative process for expressing an artistic vision of nature through photography.
The walk is a kick-off for the new Lyme Land Trust amateur photography program: Imagining Lyme – A Visual Exploration of Lyme’s Preserves, which encourages people to expand their visual awareness while highlighting the beauty of Lyme Preserves through photographs. Participants will be provided with short, simple non-technical photo-taking tips from Joe Standart. The tips suitable for anyone who wishes to enhance their nature photographs, but aimed primarily at amateur mobile phone camera users.
Reservations are required. Space is limited. Please be safe- wear a mask when meeting in the parking lot. Social distancing guidelines will be followed.
Raindate: Sunday November 15 8:30 am.
To reserve, a space on the walk, email: education@lymelandtrust.org.
Tuesday Trek: Chestnut Hill Preserve
Time: 9:30 am -11 am
Place: Chestnut Hill Preserve, Sterling Hill Rd., Lyme CT
Contact Email: stewardship@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Sue Cope
Meet at trailhead on Sterling Hill Rd. Easy 1-mile walk that takes you into Nehantic State Forest.
reserve a space: stewardship@lymelandtrust.org
View the Tuesday Trek Schedule
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 5 people. Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Inclement weather cancels.
Introduction to Astronomy in Jewett Field
Time: 8:00 to 9:00pm
Place: Jewett Field, Jewett Preserve. Meet at the parking lot on MacIntosh Road.
Contact Email: kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Reschedule from Nov 1st due to weather. Under a full moon, Alan Sheiness, Board Member and amateur Astronomer, will lead a walk to the Jewett Field where he will instruct us in locating stars, planets, and constellations. He will have a telescope set up to see some of these objects.
Bring binoculars (if you have them) and a flashlight. Dress as if it is 10-20 degrees cooler than outside temperature and wear a mask.
Registration required: Limit 15 people
To Register, please email Kristina White – kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Tuesday Trek: Hartman Park
Time: 9:30 am -11 am
Place: Hartman Park, Gungy Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Wendy Hill
Meet at the Hartman Park main entrance on Gungy Road. Hartman Park has a lot to offer, from archeological ruins to natural beauty and of course, Beavers! 1.5 to 2 miles.
Reserve a space: openspace@townlyme.org.
View the Tuesday Trek Schedule
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 5 people. Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Inclement weather cancels.
Tuesday Trek: Ravine Trail
Time: 9:30 am -11 am
Place: Ravine Trail
Contact Email: Kristina.white@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Kristina White
Meet at Ravine Trail parking lot on Mitchell Hill Rd. A more arduous hike of roughly 2+ miles through a primeval hollow passing through laurel groves and by a beaver meadow.
View the Tuesday Trek Schedule
Join us for a refreshing morning walk on a Lyme preserve led by a board or staff member of the Lyme Land Trust. The leaders will alternate each week between Sue Cope, Wendy Hill, and Kristina White with Brady, canine guide. The walks are moderately easy unless noted. Bring a water bottle and dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 5 people. Reservations are required. Contact walk leader to reserve.
Please be safe- wear a mask in the parking lot. Masks can be removed during the walk as long as social distancing is maintained.
Inclement weather cancels.
