East River Preserve Directions and Parking: Town of Guilford There are numerous entrances to the East River Preserve. The main entrance is on Sullivan Drive. From I-95 take exit The Town of Guilford acquired the East River Preserve in 59 and head north to Sullivan Drive. Additional parking is 2009 from the Goss family. The East River Preserve is named located off of Clapboard Hill Road and Podunk Road. for the East River that extends through the property to Long Island Sound. The East River Preserve contains critical Permitted/Prohibited Activities: ecosystems providing migrating fish, estuarinedependent and interior forest birds, old field successional grasslands, The trails are open to hikers during daylight hours. Biking is large intact legacy upland forest, and high quality inland allowed on Bearhouse Hill Road and along the power lines. wetland systems. The preserve provides miles of marked Prohibited activities include motorized vehicles, camping, trails including the New England National Scenic Trail. fires and alcohol. Dogs must be on leash, please pick up all The East River Preserve was purchased for Conservation animal waste. and Passive Recreation with partial funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program in Cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection’s Coastal Management Program.

Photo by Janet Lopes

Moderate Hike The trails at East River Preserve are nice hikes through the varied ecosystems of Guilford. The trails go along the East River, an edge of a field, over streams, and through glacial erratics. There are plenty of opportunities to see wildlife throughout the preserve. Total Trails Length: Approx. 7.63 miles Photo by Guilford Land Conservation Trust Red Trail: The East River Preserve has a section of the New England 0.29 miles Trail. Designated as a national scenic trail in 2009, the White Trail: 0.86 miles 215 mile New England Trail includes portions of four largely contigous trails: the Mattabessett, Menunkatuck, Green Trail: 1.21 miles and Metacomet Trails in Connecticut and in parts of the Blue (Menunkatuck Trail): Metacomet- Monadnock trail in Massachusetts. To learn 2.88 miles more about the New England Trail please visit. www. Orange (Power Line Trail): 0.89 miles newenglandtrail.org. The managing organization for the New England Trail in Connecticut is the Connecticut Forest & Yellow (Bear House Hill Road Trail): 1.50 miles Park Association (CFPA), a non-profit, conservation-based membership organization. CFPA’s mission is to connect people to the land, to protect forest, walking trails and open spaces for future generations. The East River Preserve is managed by volunteers of the Guillford Conservation Commission. The Conservation Commission was established in 1963 and is charged with the development, conservation, supervision and regulation For more information about this of natural and water resources within the territorial limits location, contact: of Guilford. Volunteers are always needed for trail Town of Guilford maintenance projects. Natural Resources Department (203) 453-8146 Leath erman Rd East River n L e in P Preservete i h W

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