Harriet E. Babcock Preserve
Trail Information
Trail Map: Click here for the trail map. You will need Adobe Acrobat to view or print our trail maps.
Directions: The preserve is located in Mansfield Center on Browns Road, 0.6 miles west of Route 195, approximately 800 feet before the intersection of Crane Hill Road and Browns Road.
About the Property
This preserve is the bequest of Harriet E. Babcock, a longtime resident of the Spring Hill section of Mansfield and a member of both Joshua’s Trust and the Mansfield Historical Society. This relatively small but strategically placed property connects to other preserved parcels in the area and contains a variety of habitats. Oak-hickory forest dominates the parcel with a red maple swamp along Chapin Brook.
The yellow-blazed trail runs past Chapin Brook, turns uphill, and joins up with the Bird Loop Trail on Mansfield’s Schoolhouse Brook Park. The Bird Loop Trail can be followed until you reach another Joshua’s Trust preserve, the Holt-Kinney Woods.
Location: Mansfield Center, Connecticut
Donor: Harriet E. Babcock
Acerage: 10.2 acres
Preserved: 1985
Steward: Jonathan Sgro
