Essex Land Trust and Town Properties
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.
| Property | Acres | Trails Easy Med |
Steward | Phone |
| Bushy Hill Nature Preserve | 107 | 0 |
Ron Nelson | 860-767-0319 |
| Canfield-Meadow Woods | 300 | 8 7 |
Dana Hill | 860-767-8328 |
| Cross Lots | 16 | 10 |
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 |
Steve Hutchinson | 860-767-7760 |
| Fern Ledge | 10 | 01 |
A. Brochu/S. Bancroft | 860-767-9830 |
| Great Meadow | 68 | Closed to public | George Rambeau | 860-767-1523 |
| Heron Pond Preserve | 29 | 31 |
Nick Fomenko | 860-767-1686 |
| James Glen | 4 | 21 |
Brian Willis | 860-767-1736 |
| Jean's Island | 7 | 10 |
Keith Rustemeyer | 860-767-9845 |
| The Millrace | 6 | 20 |
Steve Knauth | 860-767-2081 |
| Osage Trails | 8 | 10 |
Stuart Warner | 860-767-7710 |
| Platt Preserve | 30 | 01 |
Ron Nelson | 860-767-0319 |
| Stanley Park (Centerbrook) | 1+ | Pocket Park |
Bill Grover | 860-767-1893 |
| Thatchbed Island | 16 | Closed to public | Paul Greenberg | 860-767-7355 |
| Tiley Pratt Pond | 8 | 01 |
Todd Maynard | 860-767-9037 |
| Turtle Creek Preserve | 92 | 10 |
Nature Conservancy | 860-344-0716 |
| Viney Hill Brook Park/Pres. | 92 | 42 |
Richard Helmecki | 860-767-2219 |
| Windswept Ridge | 30 | 01 |
Augie Pampel | 860-767-0766 |
| Total | 874 | 2719 |
