{"id":3028,"date":"2024-12-15T15:50:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T15:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanylandtrust.org\/?page_id=3028"},"modified":"2024-12-15T15:50:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T15:50:15","slug":"welch-parcels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethanylandtrust.org\/Test\/preserves\/hein-welch-complex\/welch-parcels\/","title":{"rendered":"Welch Parcels"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3028\" class=\"elementor elementor-3028\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a45300 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8a45300\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c57fa2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c57fa2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1033fe4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1033fe4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Protected by the Bethany Land Trust, the Welch Parcels sit between Sperry and Carrington Roads two of Bethany\u2019s most scenic roads. In fact, they were the first roads in town to be designated scenic roads. Today they are connected by a trail system that can provide a short, pleasant hike or can be expanded into a longer one with the nearby Hein Trails.<\/p><p>The Welch Parcels, which include easements protected by the Bethany Land Trust and a 50-foot-wide strip owned by the Trust, preserve more than 24 acres between Sperry and Carrington Roads.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9048a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f9048a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b58ce99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b58ce99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bethanylandtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/hein-IMG_4878-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-369fd1d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"369fd1d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef4d4cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ef4d4cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bdde91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bdde91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Welch\u2019s Way was donated to the Land Trust by Susan Chafee Welch in 1994 and features a trail heading west from Sperry Road.<\/li><li>The Cedar Meadows Scenic Easement is a 50-foot wide strip covering about 1.1 acres along Carrington Road.<\/li><li>The Cedar Meadows Trail Easement adds an additional 0.5 acres in trails heading east from Carrington Road.<\/li><li>The Hunt Welch Easement, named in memory of Sue\u2019s husband, totals 18.4 acres and includes open agricultural fields and another trail entrance on Sperry Road. It is designed to perpetuate the agricultural use of the land as well as provide trail connections between Sperry and Carrington Roads.<\/li><li>The Hunt Welch Preserve, the fifth piece of land preserved by the Welch family, covers an additional 3.5 acres and includes a trail that connects with Welch\u2019s Way and Cedar Meadows.<\/li><\/ul><p>All of this land had been owned by the Welch family since 1921. Hunt Welch\u2019s parents built a summer house there in the 1930s. They later subdivided the land among their four children. Like several other donors before her, Susan Chafee Welch was named Conservationist of the Year by the Bethany Conservation Commission for her tireless efforts in preserving open space and the town\u2019s rural landscape.<\/p><p><strong>Trails:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Welch\u2019s Way (0.15 miles; easy) heads west from Sperry Road and connects with the Cedar Meadows Trail (0.3 miles, easy) that continues to Carrington Road<\/li><li>Carol and Polly\u2019s Path (0.4 miles, easy) also heads west from Sperry Road and eventually leads to Carrington Road. This trail can be wet closer to Carrington Road.<\/li><\/ul><p>Walking on both Carrington and Sperry Roads between trailheads creates an easy loop.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f7299 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11f7299\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-518b25b addressparking elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"518b25b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Welch Parcels Info<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Address:\u00a0<\/strong>385 Sperry Road, Bethany CT<\/p><p><strong>Size:<\/strong>\u00a024 acres including easements<\/p><p><strong>Parking:<\/strong>\u00a0The Welch Parcels can be accessed most easily off Sperry Road with roadside parking 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