No Joshin’
Joshua’s Trust, 13 Towns
Whoa! Before I even read up on this land trust, I’m going to guess this is the largest one in Connecticut. 13 towns?! Sheesh, if I’m really to hike through this land trust, I have my work cut out of me.
Joshua’s Trust — officially, Joshua’s Tract Conservation and Historic Trust — is the largest land trust in Northeastern Connecticut, protecting more than 4,000 acres. Some properties are owned by the Trust and others are protected by easements; both methods assure that those lands will not be developed in perpetuity… In addition to land, we also maintain two sites of historic significance: The Gurleyville Gristmill and the Atwood Farm.
Our CT land trust is named for Joshua, son of Uncas, Mohegan Sachem, who in 1676 bequeathed his hunting grounds in the heart of eastern Connecticut to “16 men of Norwich”.
I’m sure that was a fair deal. Hey, at least Joshua’s Trust is honoring the guy and keeping his former hunting grounds as undeveloped as possible I guess.
The trust was organized and incorporated in 1966 in Mansfield and grew and expanded from there. It’s a pretty impressive organization.
The Preserves/Hikes:
Only trailed properties listed.
Ashford
The Ashford Oak (Not trailed)
Church Farm Preserve
Fliegel Farm Woods (No longer trailed)
Friedman Memorial Forest
Iron Mine Valley
Josias Byles Sanctuary
Knowlton Hill Preserve
Rankin Preserve
Tinkerville Brook
Chaplin
Bernard Church Woods
Harvey Preserve
Hubbard Sanctuary
Tower Hill Preserve
Two Sisters Tract
Columbia
Potter Meadow
Utley Hill Preserve
Coventry
Elizabeth Couch Preserve
Schmid Overlook
Hampton
Hemphill Woods
Preston Nature Sanctuary
Warren Stone Preserve (Not trailed)
Lebanon
Pigeon Swamp Preserve
Mansfield
Atwood Farm (Trust headquarters)
Babcock Preserve
Bradley-Buchanan Woods
Church Farm Preserve
Coney Rock/Proposal Rock Preserves
Dorothy Goodwin Reserve
Dunham Woods
Gurleyville Gristmill and Barn (Museum)
Holt-Kinney Woods
Knowlton Hill Preserve
Löf Woodlands
Mason’s Mill Site
Owen’s Mere
Pond Lot
Whetten Woods
Wolf Rock Nature Preserve
Scotland
Pappenheimer Preserve
Tolland
Madeline Regan Preserve
Tobiassen Memorial Forest
Willington
Windham
Allanach-Wolf Woodlands
Atlantic White Cedar Bog (Not trailed)
Joshua’s Trust
Preserves and Maps
CTMQ’s Land Trust Trails Page
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