Ayers Preserve was donated to East Haddam Land Trust in 2002. Abut 300 feet borders the Eightmile River and is floodplain. Due to scarring of the lands by floods, ground cover near the river is sparse. The site was once a pasture and meadow and had been planted as a Christmas tree farm.
Now, the spruce trees are large, eliminating sun in the understory. Naked spruce limbs now intertwine below a lush canopy of green spruce branches. The are dotted with red maples, grape vines, and bittersweet vines and the grounds are covered with large colonies of royal, cinnamon, and New York ferns. Cultivated species of trees and shrubs border the property.
Take a left onto Hopyard Road. Access is from Hopyard Road via a narrow finger of the property 0.25 mile south of Dolbia Hill Road and 0.75 miles north of Route 82.
Parking is very limited and will have limited sightlines so exercise extreme caution.
Directly across the Eightmile River from the Ayers Preserve, the Nature Conservancy (TNC) holds an easement that abuts the TNC's Burnham Brook Preserve.
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