Past Events
Trailblazers- Walk at Ravine Trail-CANCELLED
Time: 10:00 am
Place: Selden preserve Parking Lot, Joshuatown Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Trailblazer walks are on hold until the snow goes away.
Come walk the new trails at The Ravine Trail. The entrance has been moved to a more pedestrian-safe location on Joshuatown Road, across the street from the parking lot. The new section of the red trail combined with the new yellow trail creates a moderately easy loop. A new blue trail off the yellow trail offers a trip to a breathtaking overlook.
The hike will be led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Open Space Coordinator for the Town of Lyme. The new section is about 1 mile long. We will have an option to walk longer.
Meet at the Selden Creek Preserve entrance on Joshuatown Road in Lyme.
Rain Cancels.
Directions: Rte 156 North to left on Joshuatown Road (about 5 miles from I-95); travel about 4 miles to park entrance on the left.
Eleventh Annual Land Trusts Amateur Photo Contest Reception
Date: Fri March 10, 2017Time: 6 to 7:30 pm
Place: Lymes Senior Center, 26 Town Woods Road, Old Lyme, CT
Contact Email: photocontest@LymeLandTrust.org
Please join us for a reception to showcase the photos submitted to the contest, which celebrates the scenic beauty of our towns. The work of all the photographers who entered will be represented in the exhibit. During the reception, the photo contest winners will be announced, and cash prizes and ribbons will be awarded. The reception is free. Light refreshments will be served. We hope you will join us for a wonderful evening.
Reservations are not required.
The reception is sponsored by the Land Trusts in the towns of Lyme, Old Lyme, East Haddam, Essex and Salem.
Contest awards are being funded with the generous support of RiverQuest /Connecticut River Expeditions, Lorensen Auto Group, the Oakley Wing Group at Morgan Stanley, Evan Griswold at Coldwell Banker, Ballek’s Garden Center, Essex Savings Bank, and Alison Mitchell in honor of her late husband John G. Mitchell.
Photo by Melinda Hill
For more information about the Photo Contest
Broadcast of Film about Lyme and Lyme Land Trust on CPTV
Date: Sat January 14, 2017Time: 7:00 pm
Place: In the comfort of your own home
Contact Email: info@lymelandtrust.org
Presenter: Visonaries Documentaries
At long last, the PBS documentary produced by Visionaries on Lyme and the Lyme Land Trust will be broadcast by an estimated 100 PBS Stations nationwide. Each station decides when they broadcast. Some in different parts of the country have already done so. CPTV in Connecticut will broadcast on Saturday January 14, 2017 at 7:00pm. For an article from the Day newspaper
The film is hosted by famed actor Sam Waterston and tells the amazing success story of the Lyme Land Conservation Trust and the special relationship it has had with the Town of Lyme. Many familiar faces appear. Probably the most compelling is footage taken during Earth Day celebrations with the students of Lyme Consolidated. For information on the making of the film.
Photo of Sam Waterston provided.
End of Year Hike – Pleasant Valley Overlook
Date: Sat December 31, 2016Time: 10:00 am - 12:30ish pm
Place: Meet at Pleasant Valley Parking Lot, Macintosh Road, Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust Board member, and Lyme open Space Coordinator, will lead a walk in Pleasant Valley and Jewett Preserve. to the overlook in Pleasant Valley. This is the time of year to get a beautiful unobstructed view from the overlook. There is a long gentle incline to get to the overlook.
The entire walk is about 3 miles. We will have a snack break on the overlook. Bring something to drink.
Everyone is welcome.
Rain or snow cancels.
Directions: Rt. 156 north to left on Macintosh Rd. (across from Beaver Brook Road.) The parking area is about 1/4Â mile on the right.
Registration is appreciated: openspace@townlyme.org
Photo by Wendolyn Hill
TrailBlazers – Walk at Hartman Park
Date: Tue December 13, 2016Time: 9:30 am
Place: Meet at Hartman Park Parking Lot
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Lyme Land Conservation Trust and Town of Lyme
Join us for this moderate walk in the woods. There are some rugged sections of trail and a few inclines. Everyone is welcome.
This weekâs hike explore the Hartman Park section of Lyme Corner Trails led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Open Space Coordinator for the Town of Lyme. The hike is about 3 miles long with an option for short cuts along the way. We walk through diverse habitat and visit remnants of a farming community that existed 150 years ago.
Rain Cancels.
The Hartman Park Entrance is on Gungy Road about 1 mile north of the 4-way stop signs at the intersection of Beaverbrook Road, Grassy Hill Road, and Gungy Road.
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Volunteer Work Party at The Ravine Trail Preserve
Date: Thu December 8, 2016Time: 10am -12pm
Place: Meet at Selden Creek Preserve Parking lot, Joshuatown Road, Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Lyme Land Conservation Trust
Join us to work on blazing and clearing a new leg of the Red Trail at The Ravine Trail with Humphrey Tyler and Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Open Space Coordinator for the Town of Lyme. Bring along heavy duty gloves and trimmersâ weeders, pruners, and/or loppers. Meet at the Selden Creek Preserve entrance on Joshuatown Road in Lyme.
Rain Cancels.
Directions: Rte 156 North to left on Joshuatown Road (about 5 miles from I-95); travel about 4 miles to park entrance on the left.
Photo by Wendolyn Hill: Thank you to the Hartman work party on June 30, 2015
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Trailblazers walk- Pleasant Valley Preserve Red and Blue Trails
Date: Tue December 6, 2016Time: 9:30 am
Place: Meet at Pleasant Valley Parking Lot, MacIntosh Rd., Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Join us for this moderate walk in the woods. Everyone is welcome.
This weekâs hike will explore Pleasant Valley Preserve, led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Open Space Coordinator and Lyme Land Trust board member . The hike is about 2 miles.
Rain cancels.
Directions: Rt. 156 north to left on Macintosh Rd. (across from Beaver Brook Road.) The parking area is about 1/4Â mile on the right.
Volunteer Work Party at The Ravine Trail Preserve
Date: Sat December 3, 2016Time: 11:00am-2:00pm
Place: Meet at Selden Creek Preserve Parking lot, Joshuatown Road, Lyme
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Lyme Land Conservation Trust
Join us to work on the Red Trail at The Ravine Trail with Humphrey Tyler and Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Open Space Coordinator for the Town of Lyme. We will clear fallen limbs and clear encroaching brush and prepare for an alteration in the trail. Bring along heavy duty gloves and trimmersâ weeders, pruners, and/or loppers. Meet at the Selden Creek Preserve entrance on Joshuatown Road in Lyme.
Rain Cancels.
Directions: Rte 156 North to left on Joshuatown Road (about 5 miles from I-95); travel about 4 miles to park entrance on the left.
Photo by Wendolyn Hill: Thank you to the Hartman work party on June 30, 2015
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Trailblazer Walk at Young Preserve
Date: Tue November 29, 2016Time: 9:30-11:30 am
Place: Meet at Young Preserve Entrance Parking Lot
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
Presenter: Lyme Land Conservation Trust and Town of Lyme
Join us for a moderately easy walk at the Young Preserve portion of Lyme Corner Trails led by Wendolyn Hill, Lyme Land Trust board member and Open Space Coordinator for the Town of Lyme.
Rain Cancels.
The Young Preserve Entrance is on the right side of Gungy Road about 0.5 miles north of the 4-way stop signs at the intersection of Beaverbrook Road, Grassy Hill Road, and Gungy Road.
Photo by Wendolyn Hill
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Sunday after Thanksgiving Hike – Hartman Park Red Trail
Date: Sun November 27, 2016Time: 1:00 - 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 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.
The entire walk is about 3.5 miles. We will have a snack break on the bald nubble about halfway through. Bring something to drink.
Meet at the of Hartman Park Entrance Parking Lot on Gungy Road in Lyme.
Rain cancels.
Directions: The 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 appreciated: openspace@townlyme.org
