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WALK - 2014 CT Trails Day Weekend Events (June 7 & 8) WALK - 2014 CT Trails Day Weekend Events (June 7 & 8) For full event details, see the printed 2014 Connecticut Trails Day Weekend booklet or the online version at www.ctwoodlands.org/CT-TrailsDayWeekend2014. Any events denoted with an asterisk* below are events listed in the online supplement at www.ctwoodlands.org/CT- TrailsDayWeekend2014-SupplementListings. Also check the supplement page for event updates and corrections. Events marked with the Facebook icon in the booklet and Facebook notation in the online supplement will be posting any updates on CFPA’s Facebook page by the morning of their scheduled event. www.facebook.com/CTForestandParkAssociation 1. ANDOVER (Event #1 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM. Daniel White’s Black Horse Tavern and Washington- Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R) National Historic Trail. 2. ANSONIA (Event #2 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center/Raptor Woods Trail. 3. ASHFORD (Event #4 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM. Old Connecticut Path/Natchaug Trail/Nipmuck Trail. 4. ASHFORD (Event #5 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Sunday, June 8. 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Fliegel Farm Woods and Langhammer Woods/Old Connecticut Path. 5. BARKHAMSTED (PLEASANT VALLEY) (Event #7 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Peoples State Forest. 6. BERLIN (KENSINGTON) (Event #11 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM. New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park. 7. BERLIN (Event #12 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM. Pistol Creek Park. 8. BERLIN (KENSINGTON) (Event #13 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM. New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park. Walk Quick List Last updated 6/4/14 1 9. BETHLEHEM (Event #17 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Sunday, June 8. 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. Ferriday Garden and Bellamy Preserve. 10. BLOOMFIELD - SIMSBURY - AVON (Event #18 in the booklet) Fitness Walk. Sunday, June 8. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Penwood State Park/Yellow Trail. 11. BOLTON (Event #19 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Bolton Heritage Farm and Hop River State Park. 12. BOLTON (Event #21 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday June 7. 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM. Bolton Notch State Park, Freja Park, and East Coast Greenway. 13. BROOKLYN (Event #28 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Riverside Park Nature Trail. 14. BURLINGTON (Event #31 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM. Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area/Beaver Marsh Trail. 15. BURLINGTON (Event #32 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Sunday, June 8. 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM. Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area/Beaver Pond and Tunxis Trails. 16. CANTON (Event #34 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Sunday, June 8. 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM. Mary Conklin Sanctuary. 17. CHAPLIN (Event #36 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. Hubbard Sanctuary. 18. COLCHESTER (Event #40 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Sunday, June 8. 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Babcock Pond Wildlife Management Area. Walk Quick List Last updated 6/4/14 2 19. COLUMBIA (Event #41 in the booklet) Multiple Activities. Saturday, June 7. 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Szegda Farm Open Space. 20. CORNWALL (Event #42 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Sunday June 8. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Cathedral Pines and Ballyhack Preserves. 21. COVENTRY (Event #44 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Sunday, June 8. 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Nathan Hale Homestead. 22. CROMWELL (Event #45 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Sunday, June 8. 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM. River Highlands State Park. 23. DANBURY (Event #49 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Sunday, June 8. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Westside Nature Preserve. 24. DERBY (Event #51 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Sunday, June 8. 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Osbornedale State Park. 25. EAST HADDAM (Event #57 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Sunday, June 8. 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM. I-Park. 26. EAST HAMPTON (Event #58 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM. Hurd State Park. 27. EAST HARTFORD - WETHERSFIELD - GLASTONBURY (Event #60 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Connecticut River Floodplain. 28. EAST HARTFORD (Event #61 in the booklet) Educational Walk . Saturday, June 7. 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Bicentennial Square to the Hockanum River. Walk Quick List Last updated 6/4/14 3 29. EAST HAVEN - BRANFORD (Event #63 in the booklet) Multiple Activities. Saturday, June 7. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Shoreline Greenway Trail. 30. *EAST LYME (Online Supplement) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Bobrow Property Open Space Trails. 31. EAST LYME (NIANTIC) (Event #64 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve. 32. FARMINGTON (Event #75 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. Metacomet Trail. 33. GOSHEN (Event #77 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Pie Hill Marsh Preserve. 34. GRANBY (Event #78 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Sunday, June 8. 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. The Godard Preserve. 35. GROTON (Event #81 in the booklet) Multiple Activities. Saturday, June 7. 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM. Sparkle Lake Conservation Area. 36. GROTON (Event #84 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Sunday, June 8. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Historic Sheep Farm and Fort Hill Brook. 37. GUILFORD (Event #88 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM. East River Preserve. 38. GUILFORD (Event #90 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM. Historic Guilford Downtown Loop. 39. GUILFORD (Event #96 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Sunday, June 8. 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Guilford Green to Chittenden Park. Walk Quick List Last updated 6/4/14 4 40. HADDAM (HADDAM NECK) (Event #98 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Pine Brook Preserve. 41. HAMDEN - BETHANY - CHESHIRE (Event #100 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Naugatuck State Forest/Quinnipiac Trail. 42. HAMDEN - CHESHIRE (Event #104 in the booklet) Multiple Activities. Saturday, June 7. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Farmington Canal Heritage Trail. 43. HAMDEN (Event #105 in the booklet) Nature Walk & Trail Maintenance. Saturday, June 7. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Johnson’s Pond. 44. HAMPTON (Event #107 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. James L. Goodwin State Forest/Children’s Discovery Trail. 45. HAMPTON (Event #108 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. James L. Goodwin State Forest. 46. HAMPTON (Event #109 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. James L. Goodwin State Forest. 47. HAMPTON (Event #111 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. James L. Goodwin State Forest. 48. HARTFORD - WETHERSFIELD (Event #113 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Cedar Hill Cemetery. 49. HARTFORD (Event #114 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. Butler-McCook House & Garden and Bushnell Park. Walk Quick List Last updated 6/4/14 5 50. HARTFORD (Event #115 in the booklet) Multiple Activities. Sunday, June 8. 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Keney Park/Keney Park Greenway. 51. HARTLAND (Event #116 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Falls Brook Trail. 52. HEBRON - COLCHESTER - EAST HAMPTON (Event #117 in the booklet) Multiple Activities. Saturday, June 7. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Air Line State Park Trail. 53. KENT (Event #120 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Sunday, June 8. 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM. Tobin Preserve/Laurel Loop. 54. LEBANON (Event #124 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Air Line State Park Trail. 55. LEBANON (Event #125 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Sunday, June 8. 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Lebanon Town Green. 56. *LEDYARD (Online Supplement) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Morgan Reservoir Trail. 57. LITCHFIELD (Event #133 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 7. 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The White Memorial Foundation & Conservation Center. 58. MADISON (Event #136 in the booklet) Educational Walk. Sunday, June 8. 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Madison Land Conservation Trust/Blinnshed Loop Trail. 59. *MARLBOROUGH (Online Supplement) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 7. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Marlborough Elementary School Nature Trail – Panther’s Path. 60. MANCHESTER (Event #139 in the booklet) Nature Walk. Sunday, June 8. 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM.
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