WoW Hike at Palmer-Taylor Preserve - 5-2-26
Sat, May 02
|Palmer-Taylor Preserve parking area


Time & Location
May 02, 2026, 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Palmer-Taylor Preserve parking area, 258 Middle Haddam Rd, Portland, CT 06480, USA
About the Event
Join Women of the Woods (WoW) for an ~4 mile hike at this nice Middlesex Land Trust preserve. The trails at the Palmer-Taylor Preserve go through forests, fields and even a tunnel beneath an old railway line that is now the Airline Trail. On this hike we will also spend some time learning how to read maps to avoid getting lost and what to do if you think you are lost or turned around. The trail is rocky in places and there are some ups and downs. There is one steep uphill that will allow us to get to the airline trail so we can do this hike without a car shuttle. I have gotten special permission for us to visit a beautiful waterfall on private property close to the preserve. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. We will enjoy lunch together towards the end of our hike. We…
