Recreation and Public Places

 

Overlook Park

Overlook Park is a park located near downtown Bethel with interesting terrain and a picnic area.  Hikes around the property wind through commanding...
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Stephenson Preserve

The Bethel Land Trust worked with the Redding Land Trust in the initial stages of development to find the best site for an...
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Franc Preserve

In 2013, the Town of Bethel acquired 72 acres of former farm land from the Franc family and designated it as protected open...
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Wolfpit Preserve

2023 brings a new 4.7-acre acquisition thanks to the cooperation of its previous landowners, Richard and Debbie Sutton, and the generous financial contributions...
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Skyedge Preserve

Skyedge was donated by Target Corporation in Bethel in 2004. It is 3 acres of mixed meadow and mixed hardwood forest. There are...
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Plishner Memorial Family Preserve at Cherry Lane

Donated by Paul Plishner in 1979. 8 acres of successional oak and maple forest with slightly rolling land. Walkable woods. It currently has...
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Mike’s Pond

Donated by James MacNicholl in 2006. Short, flat trail crosses small brook to area between 2 ponds on 1.5 acres  
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Janet P. Miller Preserve

Donated by John F. Miller in 2013. 10 acres It shares a parking lot with the Wolf Pits preserve. Has marked trails. Mixed...
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Ivy Island

Ivy Island is a land-locked 4.7 acres preserve donated by Dolores Walter in 1996. The preserve indeed is an island, a late succession, wetland...
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Hoyt Property at Shelley Road

1 acre donated by Anthony and Margaret Hoyt. Oak and hickory bisected by brook. Stone wall on right connects to 72 acre Franc...
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Boardwalk on the Enchanted Trail

The Enchanted Trail stretches across Wolfpit Preserve, the Bethel Educational park, Boardwalk, and into East Swamp and eventually connects to the Bennet Property,...
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Arrowhead Preserve

Arrowhead Preserves – comprises of two separate parcels, one 10.662 acres, the other 4.42 acres, donated by Arrowhead Hills, LLC in 1999. Both...
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