The Town of Guilford acquired the East River Directions and Parking: Preserve in 2009 from the Goss family. The East River Preserve is named for the East River that There are numerous entrances to the East River Recreational Trails extends through the property to Sound. Preserve. The main entrance is on Sullivan Drive. The East River Preserve contains critical ecosystems From I-95 take exit 59 and head north to Sullivan South Central Connecticut providing migrating fish, estuarinedependent and Drive. Additional parking is located off of interior forest birds, old field successional grasslands, Clapboard Hill Road and Podunk Road. large intact legacy upland forest, and high quality Town of inland wetland systems. The preserve provides Permitted/Prohibited Activities: miles of marked trails including the New England National Scenic Trail. The East River Preserve was The trails are open to hikers during daylight Guilford: purchased for Conservation and Passive Recreation hours. Biking is allowed on Bearhouse Hill Road with partial funding from the National Oceanic and along the power lines. Prohibited activities East River and Atmospheric Administration through the include motorized vehicles, camping, fires and Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program alcohol. Dogs must be on leash, please pick up in Cooperation with the Connecticut Department of all animal waste. Preserve Environmental Protection’s Coastal Management Program. The East River Preserve has a section of the New England Trail. Designated as a national scenic trail in 2009, the 215 mile New England Trail includes portions of four largely contigous trails: Pets on Hiking Bicycling the Mattabessett, Menunkatuck, and Metacomet Leash Trails in Connecticut and in parts of the Metacomet- Monadnock trail in Massachusetts. To learn more For more information about this about the New England Trail please visit. www. location, contact: newenglandtrail.org. The managing organization for the New England Trail in Connecticut is the Town of Guilford Connecticut Forest & Park Association (CFPA), Natural Resources Department a non-profit, conservation-based membership 50 Boston Street Guilford, CT organization. CFPA’s mission is to connect people to (203) 453-8146 the land, to protect forest, walking trails and open spaces for future generations. To report suspicious or illegal activity call Guilford Police Department: 203-453-8061

The East River Preserve is managed by volunteers Questions regarding this brochure can be addressed to of the Guillford Conservation Commission. The South Central Regional Council of Governments Conservation Commission was established in 1963 Phone: (203) 234-7555/Fax: (203) 234-9850 and is charged with the development, conservation, E-mail: [email protected] supervision and regulation of natural and resources within the territorial limits of Guilford. Scan QR Code to access the South Central Regional Council of Volunteers are always needed for trail maintenance Governments Recreational Trails Webpage projects. Guilford, CT Leath erman East River Preserve Rd n L e in P e it h W

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