Cancelled due to possible Severe Weather Conditions! Farmington Land Trust Presents “A Stroll on the Land” – A Geocaching Adventure!

We will reschedule this popular event in the early fall. Watch for our announcement in the Patch's event calendar!

Where: Parking at the Carey garage, 2nd driveway on right, heading north on Mountain Spring Road, Farmington, CT.   

Join us for the  third in a series of outdoor experiences on Thursday, July 26th at 6:00 p.m.  Doug Pelham, Farmington Land Trust President, will introduce the popular outdoor hobby of geocaching. All ages are welcome.  A great family outing! We will have fun refreshments for the kids.

The group will meet at the garage on the Carey parcel, which is the second driveway on the right after turning onto Mountain Spring Road from Route 4, where limited parking is available. If the parking area is full more parking is available just up the street, just follow our signs. It’s an easy walk to back the Carey parcel.

Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the Geocache (container) hidden at that location.  The Geocache contains a log book and small toys and trinkets that children can trade.  Please note that the trail is steep in spots but ends at an overlook with a stunning view of the Farmington River Valley. 

This event is free and open to the public. No reservation required. All ages are welcome.

Be sure to bring your GPS-enabled device or Smartphone. No pets please. In case of rain, event will be cancelled.

History: The Carey, Barney and Lidgerwood parcels, now owned by the Farmington Land Trust, recall the centuries-long agricultural history of the neighborhood and the estates of its well-to-do landowners. The historic parcels were donated to the Land Trust by Ann Carey, Hattie Lidgerwood, Katherine Garfield, and the William Lidgerwood, Richard Noyes and William Haviland families. They front Mountain Spring Road on the east, across from the Barney House and Boulder Brook Lot and include a sloping wet meadow with huge pasture trees and excellent wildlife habitat. The big barns and sheds are gone now, and the only structures recalling this history are a garage building, a run-in barn and a large root cellar dug into the hillside. The spring for which Mountain Spring Road is named is on the Carey lot. The Land Trust works to maintain the historic character of the meadow with twice-yearly mowing and control of invasive plant species. The Land Trust’s Rauch, Anderson Ridge and Yellin parcels are also featured in the walk. These properties were generously donated to the Farmington Land Trust by Charles and Mildred Rauch, Mary Jean Anderson Jones and Mark Yellin, respectively. History courtesy of Farmington Land Trust Board Member Dr. Charles Leach

The mission of the Farmington Land Trust is to protect open space in perpetuity through acquisition, stewardship, education and advocacy. Founded in 1971, the Farmington Land Trust, Inc. is a private, non-profit membership organization, tax exempt under section 501 (c) (3) of federal law.

Contact Person: Suzan Scott, The Farmington Land Trust, 128 Garden Street,, Farmington, CT 06032

Ph. (860) 674-8545, Email: farmingtonland.trust@snet.net