HIKE BABCOCK POND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Sun, Dec 14
|Babcock Pond Wildlife Area
Join us for a 4 mile hike on a logging road and open paths through scenic views of woods, swamps, and ponds on a logging road and open paths.


Time & Location
Dec 14, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Babcock Pond Wildlife Area, Colchester, CT 06415, USA
Guests
About the event
The next Colchester Land Trust (CLT) “Discover Colchester” hike will take place on Sunday, December 14th at the Babcock Pond Wildlife Management Area at 10:00 a.m. As a wildlife management area, Babcock provides 1500 acres of forest, swamps and ponds. It contains miles of unmarked hiking trails. The hike is approximately four miles long, mostly on a logging road and open paths. Adults, children and leashed dogs are welcome.
Directions: Rt. 2 Eastbound, take Exit 16 and turn right onto Rt. 149 South. Go approximately 1 mile and take left onto Cato Corner Rd. Follow Cato Corner Rd. to intersection of Cato Corner and Rt. 16. Go straight across onto Standish Road, off Rt. 16. Bear right at first stop sign. Turn right onto Red
School House Rd. Park in the cul-de-sac at the end of Red School House Rd.
Rt. 2 Westbound travelers, take Exit 16, turn left ont…