COORDS PRESERVE

The Coords Preserve was donated to the Warren Land Trust in 2005 by Priscilla Coords – Warren’s Town Treasurer from 1969 to 1981 - and her children.  Of her gift, Mrs. Coords said, “We love this town. We moved here in 1949 and have wonderful memories of our life in the country. Our donation is our thank you to the people of Warren.”  The Coords Preserve has several interesting natural and historical features. There are two beaver ponds, a wild grape arbor, and cellar holes and stone walls indicate the location ofseveral late 18th and 19th-century home-sites that once lined City Hill Road.

The Hiking Trail
The Coords Preserve Trail has REOPENED! Thanks to the generosity of our neighbors, WLT has built a temporary trail on their property around the enlarged pond created by industrious beavers. Please be sure to stay on the marked trail while you are on the work-around.

The Coords trail, located off of Angevine Road, begins on what was once City Hill Road and was abandoned by the town in 1905. The trail has been recently extended to include two loops - the Beaver Pond Loop and the Coords Loop. The trail also connects the hiker to our Graham-Brush connector trail which meanders through the adjacent Wyantenock State Forest to our Graham Brush Preserve, eventually connecting to the CT Blue Blazed Mattatuck Trail. Along the trail, wildflowers such as lady’s slipper and star-flower, and Redwing blackbirds and Kingbirds can be sighted. Parking is along the road near the trailhead.

The Coords-Graham Brush connection to the northern section of the Mattatuck Trail will take you to the Mohawk State Forest in Cornwall, one of the most scenic woodland areas in Connecticut, offering outstanding panoramic views of western Connecticut and the hills of New York. The connection to the southern section of the Mattatuck Trail travels through woodlands and wetlands to a trailhead on Valley Road in Warren.  See www.ctwoodlands.org/blue-blazed-hiking-trails for more information about the Mattatuck trail.

A NEW MAP OF THE EXTENDED TRAIL SYSTEM WILL BE UPLOADED SOON!