Case

ACREAGE: 13 • YEAR ACQUIRED: 1994

Location

On Ferry Lane, near the intersection of Terry’s Plain Road. (Note the sign describing the Pent Road Ferry.)

Distance

Various.

Terrain

Easy and flat.

Features

In the 1600s Ferry Road continued to the center of town and connected the town’s two militia fields. There was no bridge at the time; people crossed the river by ferry. Nearby state wildlife land makes this is a great place to observe hawks and a myriad of other wildlife.

Further down Ferry Lane toward Terry’s Plain Road lies the 13-acre Case property. Part of the SLT’s management plan for this property was restoring approximately six acres at the center of the site to a natural wet meadow habitat. There is a network of walking paths throughout the site, and these provide great views of the meadow and the tremendous variety of plant life, insects, birds, and small mammals that abound here. Hikers will pass through a section with a cattail swamp, alder thickets, and saplings of evergreen and hardwood, a sharp contrast to the more open stretches.

Penwood Brook, which runs through the property along the north boundary on its way to the river, adds another wildlife corridor to the site. The “duck pond” at the northeast corner is actually a manmade fire pond leased and maintained by the volunteer fire department. We ask that hikers respect the signs that indicate points where the paths end at neighboring private property.