QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 26 acres
- Trail Mileage: 1 mile
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy
- Sights: vernal pools
The one-mile trail through the Great Works Regional Land Trust preserve brings you through old oaks and mature forest dotted with boulders spat out by a glacier eons ago. You’ll also pass several dark vernal pools. The Tatnic region has the highest density of vernal pools in New England. Also, geologists have identified this area as the one-time caldera of an ancient, huge volcano!
The land trust explains that the Wabanaki word tatnic might mean “the quaking place” and if so, likely refers to the region’s quaking bogs. (In the UK, quaking bogs are also known as schwingmoors.)
The walking here is mostly easy, with some gently rolling terrain.
Directions: The trailhead is at 2460 Tatnic Rd, about 1,200 feet from the intersection with Cheney Woods Road.
