Carter Preserve

New Milford and Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut

160.4 acres

Located primarily in New Milford, northwest of Roxbury's Mine Hill Preserve.

Directions:

Saw Mill River Parkway north to its end (at mile marker 29); get onto US 684 and go about 11 miles (to mile marker 28) to exit 9E for US 684 east; drive about 10.2 miles to get off at Exit 7 for Route 7 north; drive a mile to get off at Exit 1 for Federal Road; at the light make a left turn; drive down to the next light and turn right onto Federal Road north; drive about 1.6 miles to make a right turn onto Route 133; at 3.5 miles you cross the bridge over the Housatonic River (and you are in Bridgewater); keep going until you reach Wellers Bridge Road.   

From the intersection of Route 67 and Wellers Bridge Road, drive 0.5 of a mile on Route 67 and turn left onto Mine Hill Road.  Drive 0.3 of a mile, largely uphill on a dirt road and turn right into the parking area.

History:

1997  --  gift of Arthur L. Carter.

Trails:

The two mile, red-blazed loop trail only starts within the Mine Hill Preserve at Quarry Bridge (1.5 miles north of the parking area) in the northeast corner of the Preserve.

The trail ascends gradually uphill and goes through forest and by stone walls, vernal ponds and farm fields.    

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