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Elizabeth Couch Preserve, Coventry. Take Route 31 to Root Road (near Coventry High School). Root Road takes a sharp left and the name changes to Cooper Road. Couch Preserve is about 800 feet on the left.
Chenes Roches, 71 Blair Road, Willington. From Route 32, just north of Interstate 84, take Schofield Road (east side of Route 32) and follow to a four-way stop intersection. Take left onto Blair Road and be alert for sharp bend in the road. Chenes Roches is on the left.
Bats are extremely beneficial to forests and agricultural systems, as they consume large quantities of insect pests. A colony of big brown bats can consume about 600,000 cucumber beetles, 194,000 June beetles, 158,000 leafhoppers, and 335,000 stinkbugs per year! Yet, all species of CT bats, except for one, are either state or federally listed as […]
Potter Meadow, Columbia, off Route 66 near Columbia-Windham town line.From Willimantic, cross the Willimantic River, take right and another quick right on Commerce Drive (the Columbia Industrial Park). Potter Meadow is at the cul-de-sac at the end of the road.
From the junction of Route 87 and Route 66 in Columbia, go north on Route 87 1 mile to Lake Road. Turn left on Lake Road and go 1 mile to Erdoni Road on the right. The entrance is opposite Erdoni on the left side of Lake Road.
From Mansfield Center, take Route 89 north to Wormwood Hill Road (just after the Mansfield Hollow causeway and transfer station road), follow north to split in road - go straight onto Knowlton Hill Road. Parking lot is less than a mile on the right. From Route 44, Knowlton Hill Road is on the south side of […]
You'll want to Google this one: In Mansfield, Route 89, at the traffic light at the intersection of Mount Hope Road, go west on Tower Hill Road, 1.1 miles to Tower Hill Cutoff on the left, then take an immediate right on Bujak Road. Property entrance is on the left. From Chaplin, enter Chaplin Village off […]
Chaffeeville Road is on the east side of Route 195 at the bottom of Spring Hill (the big hill). It is slightly north of Mansfield Center. Follow Chaffeeville Road to just past the intersection with Mulberry Road. Parking is on the right.
From the intersection of Route 89 and Route 44 in Ashford, go north on Route 89. Turn left at the stop sign when Route 89 takes a 90 degree left turn. At 5.2 miles where Route 89 makes a 90 degree right turn, go straight onto Turnpike Road. Go 0.6 miles and turn right onto […]
At the Route 6-Route 97 intersection, take Route 97 south. The next turns come quickly: go 0.1 mile then take a left onto Cemetery Road. Go 0.3 miles and take a slight right onto South Bigelow Road. Go 0.1 mile then take a left onto Sand Hill Road. Go 1.2 miles and then continue straight […]