The blue trail ascends and descends steeply but once you reach the top, it is a level path. The white trail can be used to make a continuous loop with the blue trail. The trailheads are on Sims Road which has been designated as a Scenic Road.
Peg and Gus Carlson had a shared vision of partnering with East Haddam Land Trust to protect this acreage. Unfortunately, Gus passed away before they could do so. However, Peg did not give up on that vision and sold 12.5 acres of that land to EHLT at a bargain price. The property is very special in that it is dotted with boulders left from ancient glaciers. A small intermittent stream feeds into Succor Brook’s which takes a winding path through wetlands north and south of Daniels Rd.
Peg and Gus had hoped that generations would continue to enjoy this land by horseback riding on its trails, finding wildflowers, listening to the babbling of its small stream and marveling at the beauty of the Preserve’s boulder field. And they even knew what to name it, using a combination of their names: Peg and Gus. Hence the name of the Preserve became PeGus’ Path.
Take Route 151 north toward Moodus Center. Take a right onto Daniels Road. Take a left onto Bogel Road. Veer left onto Sims Road, which becomes a dirt road. Park on the side of the dirt road near where you see a sign on the right for Pegus’s Path. Park along Sims Road near the preserves signs on the right.
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