Outdoor Recreation: Nature-Parks-Paddle-Hikes Archives

Salisbury Association Land Trust

The Salisbury Association Land Trust conserves and preserves Salisbury’s rural character, beautiful landscape, and natural…

Diane CoteDecember 17, 2025

New Marlborough Land Trust, MA

The New Marlborough Land Trust encourages and promotes the preservation of natural resources in the…

Diane CoteSeptember 19, 2023

Thousand Acre Swamp

The Land Trust trailhead is a principal gateway into Cookson State Forest, where you can…

Diane CoteSeptember 13, 2023

Goodnow Preserve on the Konkapot

Some 300 acres of open fields, dense forest and woodland roads comprise the Goodnow Preserve.…

Diane CoteSeptember 13, 2023

Lower Carroll Mill

Only one-fifth mile in length, the trail to the Lower Carroll Mill takes you a…

Diane CoteSeptember 13, 2023

New Marlboro Preserve

The 1.3-mile loop trail is a primitive path that intrudes on the natural environment as…

Diane CoteSeptember 13, 2023

Joffe Nature Sanctuary

A visit to the Joffe Nature Sanctuary provides a quiet stroll and an immersion in…

Diane CoteSeptember 13, 2023

Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)

The health and happiness of people across Massachusetts depend on the accessibility and quality of…

Housatonic AdminJanuary 23, 2022

East Mountain State Forest

A challenging trip along the Appalachian Trail that climbs the steep slopes of East Mountain,…

Housatonic AdminJanuary 23, 2022

Ashuwillticook Rail Trail – Pittsfield, Lanesborough, Cheshire, Adams, No. Adams, MA

The 14-mile Ashuwillticook Rail Trail wends its' way through the back woods history and natural…

Housatonic AdminJanuary 23, 2022

Questing Reservation – New Marlborough, MA

Visit a landscape of returning forest and wetlands, and remnant cellar holes and stone walls…

Housatonic AdminJanuary 23, 2022

Dry Hill Reservation – New Marlborough, MA

What makes Dry Hill a special place? This Trustees of Reservations property is a wooded reservation…

Housatonic AdminJanuary 23, 2022

Cathedral Pines Preserve – The Nature Conservancy – Cornwall, CT

This 42-acre site, New England's largest stand of old-growth white pine and hemlock trees, was…

Housatonic AdminJanuary 23, 2022

Hollenbeck Preserve – The Nature Conservancy – Falls Village, Conn

A flat trail through the fields leads directly to the Hollenbeck River. Hunt for grassland…

Housatonic AdminJanuary 23, 2022

Iron Mt. Preserve – The Nature Conservancy – Kent, CT

Iron Mt. Preserve - The Nature Conservancy - Kent, Conn This 300-acre preserve offers a…

Housatonic AdminJanuary 23, 2022

Great Mountain Forest – Norfolk & Falls Village, CT

The Great Mountain Forest (GMF) encompasses approximately 6,042 acres of contiguous forestland in the towns…

Housatonic AdminJanuary 23, 2022

Warren Land Trust – Warren, CT

The Warren Land Trust is a nationally-accredited conservation organization dedicated to the preservation and responsible…

Housatonic AdminJanuary 23, 2022

Sharon Land Trust – Sharon, CT

Preserving the rural heritage of Sharon CT The Sharon Land Trust is an advocacy group…

Housatonic AdminJanuary 23, 2022

Norfolk Land Trust, Inc. – Norfolk, CT

16 miles of hiking trails in Norfok, CT, are maintained by the Norfolk Land Trust

Housatonic AdminJanuary 23, 2022

Kent Land Trust, Inc. – Kent, CT

The Kent Land Trust is a local community land trust based in the foothills of…

Housatonic AdminJanuary 23, 2022

Salisbury Association Land Trust

New Marlborough Land Trust, MA

Thousand Acre Swamp

Goodnow Preserve on the Konkapot

Lower Carroll Mill

New Marlboro Preserve

Joffe Nature Sanctuary

Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)

East Mountain State Forest

Ashuwillticook Rail Trail – Pittsfield, Lanesborough, Cheshire, Adams, No. Adams, MA

Questing Reservation – New Marlborough, MA

Dry Hill Reservation – New Marlborough, MA

Cathedral Pines Preserve – The Nature Conservancy – Cornwall, CT

Hollenbeck Preserve – The Nature Conservancy – Falls Village, Conn

Iron Mt. Preserve – The Nature Conservancy – Kent, CT

Great Mountain Forest – Norfolk & Falls Village, CT

Warren Land Trust – Warren, CT

Sharon Land Trust – Sharon, CT

Norfolk Land Trust, Inc. – Norfolk, CT

Kent Land Trust, Inc. – Kent, CT

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