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Complete Event Quick List 1 11 Saturday Events - 2013 Connecticut Trails Day Weekend (June 1 & 2) For full event details, see the printed 2013 Connecticut Trails Day Weekend booklet or the online version at www.ctwoodlands.org/CT-TrailsDayWeekend2013. Events denoted with an asterisk* below are events listed in the online supplement at www.ctwoodlands.org/CT- TrailsDayWeekend2013-SupplementListings. Also check the supplement page for event updates and corrections. Events marked with the Facebook icon in the booklet will be posting any updates on CFPA's Facebook page by the morning of their scheduled event. www.facebook.com/CTForestandParkAssociation 1. ANSONIA Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center/Raptor Woods Trail. 2. AVON Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Fisher Meadows. 3. BARKHAMSTED (PLEASANT VALLEY) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. American Legion State Forest/Turkey Vulture Ledge Trail. 4. BEACON FALLS Bike. Saturday, June 1. 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM. Matthies Park. 5. BERLIN Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Blue Hills Conservation Area/Metacomet Trail. 6. BERLIN Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Hatchery Brook Conservation Area. 7. BERLIN (KENSINGTON) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Hungerford Park/Yellow Trail. 8. BERLIN Nature Walk. Saturday, June 1. 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM. Pistol Creek Park. 9. BERLIN (KENSINGTON) Nature Walk. Saturday, June 1. 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Hungerford Park/Yellow Trail. 10. BETHANY - BEACON FALLS Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Naugatuck Trail. Complete Event Quick List 1 11. BETHLEHEM Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden. 12. BOLTON - COVENTRY - ANDOVER Educational Walk. Saturday June 1, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route and Hop River State Park Trail. 13. BOLTON Hike. Saturday, June 1. 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Bolton Notch. 14. BOZRAH Geocaching. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Maples Farm Park. 15. BRANFORD Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM. Beacon Hill. 16. BRANFORD Hike. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Stony Creek Quarry/Branford Land Trust. 17. BRIDGEPORT Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Beardsley Park. 18. BRISTOL Trail Maintenance. Saturday, June 1. 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Hoppers Birge Pond Nature Preserve. 19. BROOKFIELD Hike. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Birch Rocks Sanctuary. 20. BROOKFIELD Nature Walk. Saturday, June 1. 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Williams Park. 21. BURLINGTON Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Tunxis Trail (Devil’s Kitchen). 22. BURLINGTON Hike. Saturday, June 1. 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM. Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area/Beaver Marsh Trail. 23. CANAAN (FALLS VILLAGE) Trail Maintenance. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Appalachian Trail (Handicapped Accessible Section). Complete Event Quick List 2 24. CHESHIRE Hike. Saturday, June 1. 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Ives Farm. 25. CHESHIRE Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. DeDominicis Property. 26. CLINTON Hike. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Peters Memorial Woods. 27. COLCHESTER Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM. Salmon River Trail. 28. COLUMBIA Multiple Activities. Saturday, June 1. 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Szegda Farm. 29. CORNWALL (WEST CORNWALL) Trail Maintenance. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Appalachian Trail. 30. CORNWALL* Hike. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 10:40 AM. Ballyhack Preserve. 31. DANBURY Hike & Trail Maintenance. Saturday, June 1. 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Tarrywile Park. 32. DANBURY Hike. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Old Quarry Nature Center. 33. DANBURY Hike. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 12:15 PM. Tarrywile Park. 34. DANBURY Letterboxing. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Bear Mountain Reservation. 35. DARIEN Nature Walk. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Dunlap/Selleck’s Woods. 36. DURHAM Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Field Forest Trail System. 37. EAST GRANBY Hike. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Cowles Park/Metacomet Trail. Complete Event Quick List 3 38. EAST HADDAM Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Burnham Brook Preserve. 39. EAST HADDAM Hike. Saturday, June 1. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Chapman Pond Preserve. 40. EAST HAMPTON Multiple Activities. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Air Line State Park Trail. 41. EAST HARTFORD Trail Maintenance. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hockanum River Linear Park Trail. 42. EAST HAVEN - BRANFORD Multiple Activities. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Shoreline Greenway Trail. 43. EAST LYME (NIANTIC) Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve. 44. EASTFORD Nature Walk. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Boston Turnpike Trail. 45. ELLINGTON Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM. Hockanum River Linear Park Trail. 46. ENFIELD Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM. Scantic River State Park. 47. FAIRFIELD Hike. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Larsen Wildlife Sanctuary. 48. FARMINGTON Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Anderson Ridge. 49. FARMINGTON - AVON - SIMSBURY Paddle. Saturday, June 1. 9:15 AM to 2:30 PM. Farmington River. 50. FARMINGTON Rock Climbing. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Metacomet Trail (Rattlesnake Mountain). 51. FARMINGTON Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. Hill-Stead Museum/Metacomet Trail. Complete Event Quick List 4 52. GRANBY (WEST GRANBY) Hike. Saturday, June 1. 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM. Holcomb Farm/Petersen Preserve/McLean Game Refuge. 53. GRANBY (WEST GRANBY) Hike. Saturday, June 1. 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. Holcomb Farm. 54. GREENWICH Nature Walk. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Babcock Preserve/Westfall Preserve. 55. GRISWOLD Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM. Hopeville Pond State Park/Nehantic Trail. 56. GROTON* Nature Walk. Saturday, June 1. 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM. Sparkle Lake Conservation Area. 57. GROTON Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM. Open Space Trails. 58. GROTON Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Historic Sheep Farm and Fort Hill Brook. 59. GROTON Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Bluff Point State Park and Coastal Reserve. 60. GUILFORD - MADISON - NORTH BRANFORD Run. Saturday, June 1. 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Braemore Preserve. 61. GUILFORD - MADISON Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:15 AM to 1:00 PM. Braemore Preserve. 62. HADDAM Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Washburn Hill Preserve Trail. 63. HAMDEN Trail Maintenance. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Brooksvale Park. 64. HAMDEN - CHESHIRE* Multiple Activities. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Farmington Canal Heritage Trail Hamden Lock Keeper's House. Complete Event Quick List 5 65. HAMDEN Nature Walk & Trail Maintenance. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Johnson’s Pond. 66. HAMDEN Hike. Saturday, June 1. 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Sleeping Giant State Park. 67. HAMPTON Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM. James L. Goodwin State Forest. 68. HAMPTON Nature Walk. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. James L. Goodwin State Forest. 69. HAMPTON Paddle. Saturday, June 1. 10:00:00 AM to 2:00:00 PM. James L. Goodwin State Forest/Pine Acres Pond. 70. HAMPTON Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. James L. Goodwin State Forest/Forest Discovery Trail. 71. HARTFORD - WETHERSFIELD - NEWINGTON Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 2:45 PM. Cedar Hill Cemetery. 72. HARTFORD Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Keney Park. 73. HARTFORD Educational Walk. Saturday, June 1. 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. Butler-McCook House & Garden and Bushnell Park. 74. HARTLAND - BARKHAMSTED Hike. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Tunxis Trail. 75. HEBRON - COLCHESTER - EAST HAMPTON Multiple Activities. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Air Line State Park Trail. 76. KENT Hike. Saturday, June 1. 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Appalachian Trail (Bulls Bridge to Route 341). 77. KILLINGWORTH - WESTBROOK - DEEP RIVER - HADDAM - CHESTER Trail Maintenance. Saturday, June 1. 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Cockaponsett State Forest/Quinimay Trail. 78. KILLINGWORTH Hike & Letterboxing. Saturday, June 1. 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM. Winkel Pond Trail. Complete Event Quick List 6 79. KILLINGWORTH* Hike. Saturday, June 1. 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Killingworth and Kelseytown Reservoir Watershed. 80. LEBANON Letterboxing. Saturday & Sunday, June 1 & 2. 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Heartbeat of the Revolution Letterboxing Trail. 81. LEBANON Nature Walk. Saturday, June 1. 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Air Line State Park Trail. 82.
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