Winter Solstice Hike and Campfire
Wed, Dec 21
|Pachaug State Forest CCC Camp
2:00 hike followed by a campfire at 4:00.
Time & Location
Dec 21, 2022, 2:00 PM
Pachaug State Forest CCC Camp, Trail 1 Rd, Voluntown, CT 06384, USA
Guests
About the Event
Join Friends of Pachaug Forest and The Last Green Valley as they co-host a celebration of the Winter Solstice. There will be two events that afternoon; a hike beginning and ending at the CCC Camp Lonergan site and a campfire after the hike at the CCC site.
The hike will be an easy 2.2 mile loop along Cutoff Road, then on an old logging road through a portion of the Pachaug - Great Meadow Swamp, will pass by the open meadow where Trail 2 crosses the upper portion of Mt. Misery Brook and then will follow Trail 1 back to the CCC camp through a mature mixed forest. The hike will begin at 2 pm and end by 3:45. Hike leaders include FOPF Bob Panko and TLGV Chief Ranger Bill Reid.
Following the hike there will be a campfire at the CCC site from 4 to 6 pm. The Solstice…