The Harry Leister Tract is a short, lollipop loop (straight trail with a loop located on the northern tip) totaling approximately 0.6 miles. Parking is a challenge but one can park on the side of Vinegar Hill Road. Starting in a small neighborhood, the trail quickly turns into a dense forest with pine, oak, birch, and other deciduous trees.
With an elevation change of only 85 feet, this is an easy, quick hike; or, one can go at a slow pace and immerse themselves amongst the birds and ground animals. The Slosberg-Anderson Woodlands offers a one-way trail that is approximately 0.7 miles one-way (1.3-mile round trip). Marked with a red trail marker and with ample parking, this trail offers a challenge with its exposed roots and rocks, and low trees. Also included are some short steep hills. The trail does cross over Robin Hood Drive and connects to the Blue Dot Loop. The Blue Dot Loop is a large, approximately 1.7-mile loop that has terrain changes between narrow woodlands, shallow brooks, boulder glacial features, and crushed rocks under power lines.
There are multiple parking locations spread throughout the Blue Dot Loop. It’s not uncommon to see birds, squirrels, chipmunks, and deer on the Blue Dot Loop.
North Tract trails include a two-mile loop trail and a large power line right-of-way. Ponds, extensive swamps, and upland woods. Habitats support all types of plants. Flowers are abundant and birdwatching is excellent. Gravel roads and a low shrub habitat are excellent for rabbits. This tract includes the headwaters of Tom Allyn brook and a
glacial moraine.
The South Tract has a long trail along the west side and protects the water supply for western Ledyard.
A separate loop trail is maintained on this tract.
There are five trailheads on the north tract:
There are 2 trailheads on the south tract:
114 Vinegar Hill Road.
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