QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 288 acres
- Trail Mileage: 1.7 miles in network
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy to moderate
- Sights: mature forests, brook trout fisheries, railroad track
At this 288-acre Wells Conservation Commission preserve, you start out walking down a short, well-made footpath that soon intersects with wide wood roads. There are two marked trails — Barbara’s Trail and Perkinstown Loop—both of them wide and easy. They cover mostly flat terrain through lovely mature forest.
The there-and-back Barbara’s trail is roughly 1.2 miles; it ends at a sign marking the end of the WCC’s hiking path (although the track continues on beyond the sign). Perkinstown Loop makes a 0.7-mile loop through woods, including a section follows the straight pipeline. Look for the blue markers with yellow arrows on this trail.
When I hiked here in 2017, there was another longer loop you could do that also made use of the pipeline. This isn’t included on the most recent map, and it does’t appear to be maintained. I’m leaving both an older and newer map in my photo gallery.
Directions: Turn onto Thompson Road from Perry Oliver Road. Park at the end of the cul-de-sac.
