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First Day Hike at Pigeon Swamp Preserve
January 1, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Let’s celebrate the new year with a First Day hike at Pigeon Swamp Preserve!
*PLEASE NOTE: We will be meeting at the trail head at the end of Pigeon Swamp Rd.
Join us for a 2.6 mile hike through multiple habitats including pasture, wetlands and forested areas.
Pigeon Swamp is a-135 acre preserve in Lebanon, Connecticut, that was given to Joshua’s Trust by Dr. Mervyn H. Little and his wife, Dr. Olga A. G. Little.
The name Pigeon Swamp refers to the passenger pigeons whose flocks once filled the skies before they became extinct. They came to the 40-acre marsh and feasted on beech nuts, abundantly provided by the adjacent thick stands of American beech trees.
The property hosts second-growth deciduous forest, old pasture and shallow emergent marsh. Three miles of level trails take the visitor through a variety of habitats (marsh, swamp, forest, and old pasture). Of historic interest are the remains of an old house foundation, mill, dam and sluiceway on Pigeon Swamp Brook. A grist mill was in operation there as early as 1777. For more information including directions to the property and a trail map, visit our website HERE.
The walk begins 10:00 AM.
If you have any questions or concerns, please call me, Michelle Poudrette, the Development and Communications Manager, at (860) 429-9023, or email me at michelle.poudrette@joshuastrust.org. Registration is not required.
We look forward to seeing you in Lebanon.