Hein Trails

This property is drained by a small stream that joins the Sargent River and flows into Lake Chamberlain. Most likely, the land had been lumbered off in the 19th century and the forest began regrowing at the turn of the century.  Lots of red oak stumps signify the plight of the gypsy moth caterpillar infestation around 1970. The Heins also planted hundreds of seedlings on the property, as evidenced by many spruce and hemlock trees.

Trails:

An entrance to the Hein hiking trails is located at the corner of Tuttle and Carrington Roads.  There is a separate entrance there for a horse trail that crosses over into Water Authority property and is for horseback riders only.  The trails course through both the Land Trust’s parcel as well as adjacent RWA property.

• The main trail (0.9 miles; moderate) heads west from Carrington Road, turns right after crossing a stream and heads west uphill eventually looping around back toward Carrington Road. It passes through a combination of wetlands, mixed hardwood forests and rocky outcroppings with boulders the size of a small truck. Some of those outcroppings were given colorful names by the Hein family such as Ambush Rock, the Rock Garden, and Council Rock.
• A connecting trail (0.25 miles; moderate) climbs west in between the loop trail.
• A trail (0.25 miles; easy) from another entrance on Hilldale Road heads south through an easement, enters RWA land and eventually connects with the main loop trail.