Aspetuck Land Trust
Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Norwalk, Weston, Westport & Wilton
Aspetuck Land Trust was founded in 1966 to preserve open space in the towns of Westport, Weston, Fairfield and Easton. Take a second to think about that. Land in those four towns is incredibly expensive, so shout out to the folks who started this organization six years before I was born. No way they could do that today.
Heck, ALT main maintains 45 trailed nature preserves and other conservation-only properties on over 1,700 acres of land. Since their founding, they expanded to bordering towns and since the pandemic, they absorbed the Monroe and Norwalk Land Trusts (and their land). In other words, Aspetuck is active and growing in the face of Fairfield County teardowns and development.
Which makes them, in some ways, my favorite land trust in the state.
The Preserves/Hikes:
Generally, only trailed properties listed.
Bridgeport
Great Salt Marsh Island (not trailed)
Easton
Paine Open Space (Island Pond & Pond View Preserves)
Poindexter Nature Preserve
Randall’s Farm Preserve
Trout Brook Valley Conservation Area:
- Crow Hill Preserve
Jump Hill Preserve
Trout Brook Valley Preserve
Fairfield
Acorn Lane Upland Preserve
Butkus Pond Preserve
Ernest Hillman Preserve
Great Salt Marsh Island
Harwood Preserve
Kirik Upland Preserve
Lobdell Calf Pond Preserve
Putnam & Rudkin Preserve
Southport Park
Monroe
Aspetuck absorbed Monroe Land Trust and their lands in 2021. I don’t know if any of the below are trailed as of 2026.
Carolyn B. Erben Preserve
Charles & Lillian Lambert Preserve
Joseph J. Cybick Preserve
Norwalk
Aspetuck absorbed Norwalk Land Trust and their lands in 2025.
Charles Irwin Schoendorf Preserve at Farm Creek
Donna Gail Preserve
Mary Peatman Preserve
White Barn Preserve
Weston
Benjamin Wildflower Preserve
Elisabeth Luce Moore Preserve
Freeborn Walk Trail
Jennings Woods Preserve
LeGallienne Bird Sanctuary
Lillian Squires Morton Preserve
Singing Oaks Preserve
Taylor Woods Preserve
Tall Pines Preserve
Trout Brook Valley Conservation Area (Crow Hill & Trout Brook Valley Preserves)
Walter Wagner Preserve
Weston-Wilton Forest Reserve
Westport
Allen Salt Marsh (not trailed)
Caryl & Edna Haskins Preserve
Eno Marsh Preserve
Guard Hill Preserve
Hilla Von Rebay Arboretum
Leonard Schine Nature Trail & Natural Playground
Newman-Poses Preserve
Wilton
Stonebridge Wild Fowl Preserve
Weston-Wilton Forest Reserve
Aspetuck Land Trust
CTMQ’s Guide to Bridgeport
CTMQ’s Guide to Easton
CTMQ’s Guide to Fairfield
CTMQ’s Guide to Monroe
CTMQ’s Guide to Norwalk
CTMQ’s Guide to Weston
CTMQ’s Guide to Westport
CTMQ’s Guide to Wilton
CTMQ’s Land Trust Trails Page
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