Deep in the woods, the Glaves Preserve is forever wild and has no trails or public access.
Featuring Eastern Hemlocks and stone walls, the Leander Woods Preserve has no trails and is designated as forever wild.
From the base of the trail as Lake Lillinonah bends to the east, hikers will enter Sherman Park, which is owned by the Town of Roxbury, and come across a cleared picnic and fishing area with a bench. Across the lake are remains of a bridge from the Shepaug Railroad. Continue through the hemlock grove […]
River Road Preserve Bordering the eastern bank of the Shepaug River, the River Road Preserve affords beautiful views of the river, farmlands and hemlock-covered knolls. The 1.5-mile loop trail starts at the parking lot and overlooks the pond and Pollinator Pathway garden. After circling the pond, the trail enters the woods. At the trail loop […]
A working farm with views and an historic railroad bed along the Shepaug River, the Orzech Preserve is excellent for gentle walks and cross-county skiing. From the parking area off Botsford Hill Road, enter the preserve around the blue gate leading to the railroad bed and the Kress Family Trail, which connects to the River […]
Joan Erbacher McMahan donated the first 44 acres of this preserve to the Roxbury Land Trust in 1991 and continued to add to the preserve through the years to bring it to its present size of 96 acres. McMahan also left a bequest to the Roxbury Land Trust to enable future land preservation efforts. A […]
Currently with no trails and no public access, the Fulkerson Preserve is designated forever wild. Charles Fulkerson donated the 9 acres in 1995 to create the preserve.
Offering access to the Shepaug River for fishing near the intersection of Mine Hill Road, this preserve has no trails. N. Paul Loomba and Mary Adams Loomba donated the preserve to the land trust in 1997.
The Greenbelt stretches along the eastern ridge of Roxbury from the Good Hill Farm Preserve to Painter Hill Road in Woodbury totaling 720 connected, permanently protected acres. Beginning at the trailhead at Good Hill Farm Preserve on Good Hill Road, the trails meander through an old orchard, across streams, into the woodlands and through open […]
A one-mile trail offers hikers views of large rock outcroppings and old-growth forests and is part of a series of trails that can be accessed via River Road that connect RLT’s River Road Preserve to its west Shepaug preserves (Orzech, Golden Harvest and Erbacher) across a pedestrian bridge over the Shepaug River. Richard Horrigan, Robert […]