Essex Land Trust and Other Designated Open Spaces

This map shows the properties owned and managed by the Essex Land Trust along with other major protected passive recreation areas in Essex. To see a closer view and a brief description of each property, click on its area of the map. Click the enlarged map to return to the town map. To view the photo archive from each property, click on its name in the list below. Anyone interested in helping out with property maintenance or in becoming a property steward should contact Chief Steward Tom Rutherford at 860-767-9474.

 

Map Canfield / Meadow Woods Preserve Osage Trails Great Meadows James Glen Tiley Pratt Pond Cross Lots Thatchbed Island Jean's Island Millrace Viney Hill Brook Park Fern Ledge Farm Hill Estates Windswept Ridge Falls River Preserve Turtle Creek Preserve Heron Pond Johnson Farm Bushy Hill Nature Preserve Platt Preserve

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Property Acres

Trails

Easy   Med

 Steward Phone
Bushy Hill Nature Preserve 107

04

Ron Nelson,

Essex Conservation Commission

 860-767-0319
Canfield-Meadow Woods 300 87

Dana Hill,

Essex Conservation Commission

 860-767-8328
Cross Lots 16 10

Al Macgregor,

Fred Szufnarnowski

 860-767-8924
Falls River Park 1+ Canoe Launch Keith Rustemeyer 860-767-9845
Falls River Preserve 41 31 John Matthiessen 860-767-1222
Farm Hill Estates 8 10 Jeff Hutchinson 860-767-7760
Fern Ledge 10 01

Adrienne Brochu,

Steve Bancroft

 860-767-9830
Great Meadow 84 Closed to public George Rambeau 860-767-1523
Heron Pond Preserve 29 31 Nick Fomenko 860-767-1686
James Glen 4 21 Gene Meacham 860-767-8922
Jean's Island 7 10 Keith Rustemeyer 860-767-9845
The Millrace 6 20 Steve Knauth 860-767-2081
Osage Trails 8 10 Jerry & Lisa Baczewski 860-767-2247
Platt Preserve 30 01 Ron Nelson 860-767-0319
Stanley Park (Centerbrook) 1+

Pocket Park

 Bill Grover 860-767-1893
Thatchbed Island 3 Closed to public Paul Greenberg 860-767-7355
Tiley Pratt Pond 8 01 Dick Hoxsey 860-322-4185
Turtle Creek Preserve 92 10 Nature Conservancy 860-344-0716
Viney Hill Brook Park/Pres. 104 42 Richard Helmecki 860-767-2219
Windswept Ridge 30 01 Jack MacElwee 860-767-2023
         
Total 884 2719