(Rescheduled from October 8)
Please join us for a hike with TRLC volunteer Dave Mogul at West Hartford Reservoirs. The planned route is about 3 miles, and it’s expected to take 2-3 hours, depending on our group’s pace.
We’ll be hiking mostly on the Metacomet trail on an out-and-back route. This is a relatively easy hike with a limited number of inclines and areas with rocky footing.
We’ll meet at 9:30 a.m. in the parking lot that’s accessed from the entrance at 1420 Farmington Avenue, in the parking area that’s immediately on the left after taking the left fork just after you enter the park.
Co-sponsored by Simsbury Land Trust.
We will be back to finish cutting the roses that we started to clear out in September so we can bring in the field and brush mower. You’ll need loppers, hand saws and LEATHER gloves; those roses are fierce! Wear long pants, long sleeves and muck boots, if you have them. Parking is across from 140 Kimberly Road. Please be careful to not block the driveway.
RSVP to our Conservation Chairs at conservation@trlandconservancy.org if you are interested in helping so that you can be contacted in case of changes or cancellations.
Join us as we cross the ridge from Bloomfield to Simsbury on a tour of protected lands and fall scenery showcasing Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy and Simsbury Land Trust properties. This free 5+/- mile hike – now in its 12th year – provides an opportunity to enjoy the fall colors and experience a different mode of journeying between the two neighboring towns.
We will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Flower Bridge in Simsbury. Please park in the commuter lot at the corner of Iron Horse Blvd and Drake Hill Road behind Fitzgeralds. (Google map). A bus provided by Bloomfield Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Services will shuttle hikers to the starting point at the historic Oliver Filley House in LaSalette Park in Bloomfield. Hikers will begin their journey ascending a short hill for great views of the Hartford skyline. The route will connect LaSalette Park to the adjoining trails on TRLC’s Hawk Hill Farm, a working farm with passive recreation trails and a number of notable trees. We will continue to TRLC’s Stout Family Farm, Bloomfield’s gateway to Penwood State Park.
In Penwood hikers will visit Lake Louise and The Pinnacle for spectacular fall views of Simsbury and the Farmington Valley. The yellow trail will take the group to SLT’s Tanager Hill Preserve on our descent into Simsbury. SLT’s Walk Book notes that Tanager Hill is “the most diverse parcel” of preserved land in Simsbury. Tanager Hill connects to SLT’s Owen Mortimer Preserve and the hike will finish with a short walk on the road back to the vehicles.
Please register for this program since there is a limited bus space. Thank you!
Co-sponsored by the Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy (TRLC), Simsbury Land Trust (SLT), and Bloomfield Parks, Recreation & Leisure Services.
The Poop Museum is the place to come for those who are curious and have questions about poop. At The Poop Museum, everyone learns many fantastic, fabulous and fun facts about human, animal and insect poop.
This program is the perfect combination of fun, and fascinating animal and human facts, so that kids (and parents) never forget what they learned. Aimed at the 5-10 age group, the program engages kids as young as 3 and as old as 12. Grown ups love it too!
Susie Maguire, the presenter, is a poop expert who thinks poop is THE most interesting subject in the world. She has studied poop for years and loves nothing more than sharing her expansive knowledge of poop with the people of the world.
Registration is appreciated but walk-ins are welcome.
Co-sponsored by the East Granby Public Library.
