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Tinkerville Brook Preserve, Ashford, CT
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Tinkerville Brook Preserve

A 42-acre preserve in Ashford with four trails totaling about 3 miles along Tinkerville Brook.

135 Armitage Road, Ashford, Connecticut · Ashford, CT

About Tinkerville Brook Preserve

Joshua's Trust protects this 42-acre Ashford preserve, which stretches in a narrow strip from Armitage Road toward Bissonette Pond. Four trails covering roughly 3 miles offer walking options, and a paved drive runs beside Lake Marie for a gentler stroll. Features include the brook itself, wetlands, large black birch trees, a former gravel pit that sometimes hosts beavers, an old mill site with a stone bridge abutment, and a hemlock-shaded ravine. The preserve is part of the Fenton River Greenway.

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