Our invasive plant workdays provide hands-on experience clearing invasive plants. You will learn what plants are invasive to our area and how to treat them to hinder further growth.
At this work party we will be beating back the brush that is growing into the trail, mostly honeysuckle and multiflora rose.
Park at LaSalette Park and we will be driven up to the work area where Hawk Hill meets LaSalette.
It’s a good idea to wear long pants, long sleeves, socks, sturdy shoes, work gloves, bug spray, and sunscreen. Bring water to drink, and loppers and hand saws, if you have them.
Please RSVP to conservation@trlandconservancy.org if you are interested in helping so that you can be contacted in case of changes or cancellations.
Please join us for this hike with TRLC volunteer Dave Mogul through a suburban forest on one of Traprock Ridge’s properties. The planned hike is from 1-3 miles and is expected to take from 1-3 hours, depending on our group’s pace and on how many loops an individual hiker takes. We’re planning to have our trail steward provide us with an overview of the property before we begin our hike, focusing on the animals found there.
This is expected to be a relatively easy hike, good for beginners as well as potentially those with younger family members, with relatively flat terrain and limited rocks or roots on the trails. There’s also flexibility with time and distance for individual hikers, with each trail loop being about a mile long and circling back to the starting location, allowing you to customize your distance..
Please note that these trails do include crossing a floating bridge over the brook that’s on the property, and that our route includes a short walk on a local road that has relatively limited car traffic. Be aware that mosquitos and other insects may be joining us on the hike, so you may want to bring along bug spray.
There is parking on the strip of vacant land between 236 and 240 Tunxis Ave. You can pull in and either park perpendicular to the chain link fence on your left or right.
Alternate date of Sept 26 if we need to reschedule. Contact Dave Mogul at hikes@trlandconservancy.org with any questions. Co-sponsored by Simsbury Land Trust.
Come be part of the TRLC Annual Gathering. Celebrate in the company of friends and neighbors who love the outdoors and share our mission of conserving open space and farmland.
• Enjoy live music, hors d’oeuvres, non-alcoholic beverages (additional cash bar).
• Learn about our new conserved properties as well as other recent successes and exciting future plans.
Event registration is $50 per person. Additional contributions are welcome (we are a 501c3 tax-exempt organization).
Registration will be live at the end of August.
2026 Event Sponsors:
Oak Level
Willow Level
- Duncaster
- The Bluebird Fund at the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation
Pine Level
Join us for the 13th annual Over the Mountain Hike, traveling through conserved lands in Simsbury and Bloomfield while taking in the beauty of the fall colors.
We will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the hike’s end point, the Oliver Filley House in LaSalette Park in Bloomfield (120 Mountain Ave). From there we will be bused to the start location on the Simsbury Land Trust’s Tanager Hill Preserve. From Tanager Hill we will walk through Penwood State Park stopping at Lake Louise and the Pinnacle for a view of the valley before descending into TRLC’s Stout Family Field with a brief walk along to the road to enter TRLC’s Hawk Hill Farm property which is connected to LaSalette Park to finish the hike.
This hike is approx. 5 miles. There are some spots with difficult footing and steep terrain. Wear sturdy shoes or boots. Bring water, a snack, and hiking poles if you have them.
Please register for this program since there is a limited bus space. Thank you!
Co-sponsored by Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy, Simsbury Land Trust, and Bloomfield Parks, Recreation & Leisure Services.