Essex Land Trust and Other Designated Open Spaces
This map shows the properties owned and managed by the Essex Land Trust along with other major protected passive recreation areas in Essex. To see a closer view and a brief description of each property, click on its area of the map. Click the enlarged map to return to the town map. To view the photo archive from each property, click on its name in the list below. Anyone interested in helping out with property maintenance or in becoming a property steward should contact Chief Steward Tom Rutherford at 860-767-9474.
| Property | Acres | Trails Easy Med |
Steward | Phone |
| Bushy Hill/Platt | 137 | 0 |
Ron Nelson and Essex Conservation Commission |
860-767-0319 |
| Canfield-Meadow Woods | 300 | 8 7 |
Roger Field, George Wendell and Essex Conservation Commission |
860-767-8559 860-767-1593 |
| Cross Lots | 16 | 10 |
Al Macgregor, Fred Szufnarnowski |
860-767-0693 860-227-6416 |
| Falls River Park | 1+ | Canoe Launch | Keith Rustemeyer | 860-767-9845 |
| Falls River | 41 | 31 |
John Matthiessen | 860-767-1222 |
| Farm Hill Estates | 8 | 10 |
Jeff Hutchinson | 860-767-7760 |
| Fern Ledge | 10 | 01 |
Adrienne Brochu, Steve Bancroft |
860-767-9830 860-767-2280 |
| Great Meadow | 98 | Closed to public | George Rambeau | 860-767-1523 |
| Heron Pond | 29 | 31 |
Nick Fomenko | 860-767-1686 |
| James Glen | 4 | 21 |
Breck Lardner | 860-767-8200 |
| Jean's Island | 7 | 10 |
Keith Rustemeyer | 860-767-9845 |
| Johnson Farm | 49 | In development | Dana Hill | 860-767-8328 |
| Mill Pond | - | Pond Association | Mike Delouchry | 860-767-1486 |
| The Millrace | 6 | 20 |
Geoff Furtney | 860-805-6495 |
| Morgana's Place | * | Pocket Park | Jim Denham | 860-876-0306 |
| Pond Meadow | 25 | In Development | John Cosenza | 860-767-0298 |
| The Preserve | 71 | In development | Stuart Warner Bombaci Family Myron Stacks |
201-240-4236 860-388-8580 860-510-3458 |
| Osage Trails | 8 | 10 |
Jerry & Lisa Baczewski | 860-767-2247 |
| Stanley Park | * | Pocket Park |
Bill Grover | 860-767-1893 |
| Thatchbed Island | 8 | Closed to public | Paul Greenberg | 860-767-7355 |
| Tiley Pratt Pond | 8 | 01 |
Dick Hoxsey | 860-322-4185 |
| Turtle Creek | 66 | 10 |
Nature Conservancy | 860-344-0716 |
| Viney Hill Brook Park | 104 | 42 |
Richard Helmecki | 860-767-2219 |
| Windswept Ridge | 36 | 01 |
Todd Samuelson | 860-304-7790 |
| Total | 1033 | 2629 |
