Dates

Family Winter Fun

Kennebec Land Trust

Curtis Homestead Conservation Area, Leeds 

Sunday, January 31, 2010

1 – 3:00 pm 

The Kennebec Land Trust invites you to come enjoy a fun winter afternoon at the Curtis Homestead Conservation Area in Leeds.  There will be x-country skiing and snowshoeing throughout the afternoon. Bring your own equipment -- volunteers will be available to help beginners with skiing or snowshoeing in the 10-acre field or on one of the trails. Free refreshments will be served around a bonfire in the field. Come join the fun and explore this beautiful 360-acre conservation property! KLT’s Curtis Homestead is the childhood home of former Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis. 

Trails:

Lower Fields Loop Trail: 1 mile, easy; starts at the kiosk.

Upper Fields Loop Trail: 0.5 mile, easy; starts at the kiosk and follows the first section of the Curtis Rock Trail. 

Curtis Rock Trail: easy/moderate 1.4-miles round trip with a bog overlook.

Woodlot Trail: 0.7 miles, moderate trail passes through a mixed hardwood forest that was managed as the farm

woodlot - follows the western edge of the bog, providing several wonderful views.  

Directions: From Route 202 in Monmouth go west on the Bog Road.  The KLT parking area has a sign and is about 1.5 miles on the right.

2010 KLT Annual Lyceum

People and the Land: Natural Resources, Natural Features, and Culture

March 18th

March 25th

Sponsored by:

Maine Geological Survey and the Geological Society of Maine

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