The Bull Mountain Preserve is a spectacular mountaintop property acquired by the Kent Land Trust in November 1997 and later expanded to its current 101 acres. The Preserve features distinctive rock outcroppings, mature coniferous and hardwood forest, an inviting trail following old wood roads, and, as a reward for reaching the main trail’s end, glorious views of the Womenshenuk Valley.
The green-blazed main trail climbs through a shady hemlock forest, follows old wood roads through a more open oak woodland, and ends at a rocky outcrop with a wide-angle view of the Womenshenuk Valley.
Bull Mountain trail offers many remnants of its natural history. The rocks here started as muddy deposits beneath the Iapetus Ocean over 500 million years ago. When continents collided the mud was lifted and transformed, creating shale and later the gneiss formation now underlying Bull Mountain. Glaciers came and went. The last great ice sheet retreated some 12,000 years ago, depositing erratic boulders and scraping the mountain down to near its present height of 1,140 feet. Soil formed and forests took hold. Trees were felled in the 19th century to make fuel for the region’s iron furnaces. Then the trees grew back. Today, Bull Mountain’s rich woods provide excellent habitat for a variety of wildlife.
Head south on South Kent Road. Turn left on Camps Flats Road and then left again on Mountain Road. The parking area is a roadside pull-off 0.9 miles up Mountain Road.
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