Madeline Regan Preserve is composed of three trails that can all be traversed through a figure eight path. Visitors will first make their way along the yellow blazed CT Path, which originally served as an Native American trade route and was later used by Thomas Hooker and other European settlers as they moved from the Massachusetts Bay Colony into the rich farmlands of Central Connecticut in the early 1630s.
The CT Path leads directly into the Blue Loop, blazed blue, which is an upper loop through a wooded section of the property. Once visitors have reached the main trail intersection at the end of the blue loop, they can then traverse the Esker Trail, blazed red. The Esker Trail runs along a glacial esker ridge that parallels the Connecticut Path. From this trail there are fantastic views 80 feet below of what is likely a glacial kettle hole. In total, the Madeline Regan Preserve trail system totals about 1.2 miles.
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From I-84 East, get off at Exit 68. Turn left onto Route 195 North. Turn right onto Route 74 (Tolland Stage Road). Continue for 2 miles where the entrance to Madeline Regan Preserve is marked with a Joshua's Trust sign.
From the south, head up Route 195 from Storrs, turn left on Route 74 West, crossing I-84 and going past the State Police Barracks. Look for Evergreen Drive on your left, then go about half a mile further – the entrance to Madeline Regan Preserve is marked with a bold Joshua's Trust sign on the left side of the road.
From I-84, get off at Exit 69. Turn right onto Route 74 (Tolland State Road). In approximately 1.5 miles, the entrance to Madeline Regan Preserve is on the left.
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