Cabbage Hill Preserve is 112-acre preserve on Cabbage Hill Road in Woodstock, CT that was anonymously to the Wyndham Land Trust (WLT). The donated property sits in a remote section of Woodstock and Pomfret, part of a project called ‘Nightingale Forest’ because of its location within the watershed of Nightingale Brook. Preserves in the Nightingale Forest, together with open space protected by the town of Woodstock, already cover over 865 acres of land. This land provides a corridor for the movement of wildlife and serve as a buffer to protect water quality.
The land, which was previously threatened grassland, is a mixture of hayfields, meadows, and forests that is now protected from development in perpetuity. The hayfield sits on a hill that rises to an elevation of 750 feet and older maps of Woodstock refer to it as Mathewson Hill.
Most of the rest of the property is forested. Bosworth Brook flows through the southern portion, and a beaver impoundment blocks the brook on the western edge. The resulting combination of forested stream and open swamp provides diverse wetland habitats for both plants and animals.
The Wyndham Land Trust aims to conserve nature in Windham County.
Turn on to Rocky Hill Road from Perrin Road, until Cabbage Hill Road. Proceed up to the dirt road and continue until the gate and the Wyndham Land Trust logo.
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