Weston Preserves

honey Hill preserve

Wide, smooth trails with rock wall are ideal for a family walk.

LeGallienne Bird Sanctuary

Former estate of Broadway star consists of a short trail with unusual rock outcroppings.

Stonebridge Waterfowl Preserve 

Home to a stepping stone bridge, small waterfalls, pond and beautiful wildflowers.

Audubon Robinson Preserve

Wildlife habitat only

Singing Oaks Preserve

Challenging, narrow, steep two-mile trail with dramatic rock outcroppings, cliffs and boulder fields

Jennings Woods Preserve

A nice 20-minute trail through woodlands and marshy wetlands with specimen beech trees.

Lillian Squires Morton Preserve

A grassy path around an open space gem with a small pond, also home to a large snapping turtle.

Freeborn Walk Trail

An abandoned dirt road ¾ miles long, rutted, rocky and mostly uphill provides passage from Old Redding Road to the trails of the Trout Brook Valley Conservation Area.

Benjamin Wildflower Preserve

More than 50 varieties of ferns, wildflowers and trees to be viewed from wood chip paths and an occasional bench.

Walter Wagner Preserve

An easy 20-minute trail follows a meandering creek, woodlands, and an old field.

Silvermine Marsh

Wildlife habitat only

Taylor Woods Preserve

Perfect for a challenging 45-minute hike with river access where huge boulders provide a perfect resting spot by the Aspetuck River.

Tall Pines Preserve

Combine with Taylor Woods for a varied, interesting one-hour hike that starts from the restored twin stonewalls.

Laurel Ridge Preserve

Wildlife habitat only

Trout Brook Valley Preserve

The mid-section of the 1,009-acre Trout Brook Valley Conservation Area. A crown jewel pristine open space and 14 miles of trails that takes the hiker past wildflowers, woodlands, scenic overlooks and a lush apple and blueberry orchard.

Elisabeth Luce Moore Preserve

Easy-to-follow trails over wetlands, past a spring, and around a wisteria patch requires about 45 minutes.