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Hikes - Nature Walk Series


Adult Enrichment / Nature & Outdoors -
Winter / Spring 2024

Join Farmington Continuing Education for 6 moderately paced nature walks on wooded trails in Central and Northern CT.  Appreciate nature’s tranquility and subtle gifts while still getting some exercise with the Top 6 Best Nature Walks. Enjoy 2.5 mile, hour and a half, weekly easy walks on Tuesday mornings starting at 8:45am.

Any postponement due to weather will be communicated before the hike via email.  Good hiking boots and water are essential, and hiking poles are recommended!

List of Nature Walks

  1. Northwest Park - Brookside/Rainbow/Wetland Forest Trails, Windsor
  2. Stratton Brook Park - Blue/Orange/Red Trails, Simsbury 
  3. McLean Game Refuge - Blue/Yellow Trails, Granby 
  4. Burr Pond State Park - Wolcott Trail, Torrington
  5. Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area - Beaver Pond Trail, Burlington
  6. Jones Mountain - Red Trail, New Hartford

If you have any questions about the hiking program, please contact our hiking instructor, Grant Summers at gemersonsummers@gmail.com.

All registrants MUST complete a Hiking Waiver BEFORE the start of the course. A link to the Hiking Waiver will be included in the "notes" of the registration confirmation, and can also be found HERE. Please download, complete, and either email (continuinged@fpsct.org) or mail (Farmington Continuing Education, 1 Depot Place, Unionville, CT 06085). Participation in the hikes will not be allowed unless a waiver is on file.

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  Grant Summers


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Tuesdays, Apr 23 - May 28
8:45 AM - 12:15 PM

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Min Age   16 yr.

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