Great. It’s a Marsh.
Great Marsh, East Granby
April 2019
This is a Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy property. References to “EGLT” below refer to the East Granby Land Trust which became part of the Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy in 2023.
This one takes some effort. The trailhead is along the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, the 84-mile multi-use path from Northampton, MA to New Haven. Granted, if you park at the access lot on Copper Hill Road, it’s only a pleasant half-mile walk or so to the trailhead.
There was a bench marking the trail and even an EGLT sign. I was with Calvin on a bike ride when I had a chance to check this property out, so I let him rest on the bench while I ambled around the Great Marsh Loop.
If you ever come through here, you’ll surely notice the deep, tall, impressive stand of white pines out on the bike path. The trail goes through something the land trust calls “the pine bowl” and they seem very excited about it.
It’s a depression in the land filled with years of pine needles surrounded by pine trees. Almost the entire path through here is cushioned by beds of pine needles. It’s all very pleasant.
Oddly, there aren’t too many great views of the Great Marsh. I don’t know if people ride their bikes here and just leave them out at the bench but I’d guess not… the world being what it is and all. Stupid thieving world.
This is a nice, short loop trail.
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