ATTENTION!

GLLT parking lots that will be plowed this winter are:

  • Heald & Bradley Lots 1, 2, & 4

  • Kezar River Reserve

  • Chip Stockford Reserve

  • Segur East and West

  • Wilson Wing

Properties with hiking trails & Directions

Five Kezar Ponds Reserve

From Lovell, drive north on Route 5. Turn right on Old Waterford Road, which becomes Five Kezars Road. After 7 miles turn left on Kezars Ridge Drive. (From Melby’s Market in North Waterford, turn onto Five Kezars Rd. directly opposite the store. At almost 2 miles turn right onto Kezars Ridge Drive, the last camp road before the pavement ends.) At 0.6 miles keep right onto 5 Kezar Ponds Road. Look for a GLLT sign on the right. This is the Mountain Trail. There is a second access 0.5 miles farther west on 5 Kezar Ponds Road for Ron’s Loop.

Chip Stockford Reserve

From Route 5 take West Lovell Road over the Narrows Bridge. Turn left onto Ladies Delight Road (the first dirt road on left as the road turns 90˚ to the right). Parking lot is about 1/2 mile on the left, just after crossing the wetland and at the top of the hill. 

Heald and Bradley Ponds Reserve

From Lovell drive north on Route 5. Turn right on Slab City Road. Proceed a short distance over a bridge to the Fairburn parking area on the left just past the boat launch.

This Reserve has four additional trailheads:

  • Parking Lot 1-Flat Hill: From Lovell drive north on Route 5. Turn right on Slab City Road. Turn left 1.5 miles onto Heald Pond Road. At the end of the Heald Pond Road continue straight 100 feet to the parking lot.

  • Parking Lot 2: From Lovell drive north on Route 5. Turn right on Slab City Road. The parking lot is on the left, 0.5 miles from the intersection. It is just beyond the boat landing, also on the left.

  • Parking Lot 3-Westways: Travel north on Route 5 past the Slab City Road. The Trailhead is across from the Westways Road entrance approximately 1 mile north of Slab City Road.

  • Parking Lot 4-Gallie Trail: Travel north on Route 5 past Slab City Road and Westways trailhead. Look for the small GLLT sign 1.5 miles on right. This large parking area includes handicap spaces.

  • Parking Lot 5-North End Trail: Travel north on Route 5, 2.5 miles past Slab City Road. The trailhead is on the right just before the south end of the North Lovell Cemetery.

John A. Segur Wildlife Refuge

  • John A. Segur East: From Lovell, drive north on Route 5. Turn left on West Lovell Road over the Narrows Bridge. 2 miles turn left at Timber Bay Shores Road. 1 mile turn right (after passing pond on the right) onto Farrington Pond Road. Cross the stream and stay right on Farrington Pond Road Extension (at the intersection with Northwest Cove Road). Go approximately 1/2 mile. GLLT parking sign on the left.

  • John A. Segur West: Off the New Road at the Lovell/Stow town line. From Lovell take Route 5 north. Turn left on West Lovell Road over the Narrows Bridge. Bear left at the first fork (3 miles) onto Foxboro Road. At the next fork bear left onto New Road (1 mile). The parking lot is one mile on the left.

Kezar River Reserve

Located across from the “Wicked Good Store” just north of Lovell Village. A good forest road enters the land on the right side of the Route 5 if traveling north. The GLLT Trail sign is at the road entrance. Follow the forest road to an open parking area in a field.

Long Meadow Brook Reserve

From Lovell, drive south on Route 5. Past New Suncook School, turn right onto Shave Hill Road. Take a slight left onto Harbor Road, and continue for 3 miles, then turn right onto Union Hill Road. Take a slight right onto Kezar Lake Road, then continue for approximately 2 miles. Kezar Lake Road will turn to dirt. Continue past Loon Ave. and the Reserve will be on the left, up the hill.

Wilson Wing Moose Pond Bog Preserve and Bishop Cardinal Reserve

From Lovell, drive north on Route 5. Turn left onto West Lovell Road. Proceed over the Narrows Bridge. Continue on West Lovell Road, bearing left at the first fork (3 miles) onto Foxboro Road. Follow Foxboro Road (straight ahead) at the fork with New Road. Drive about one mile to Horseshoe Pond Road on your right. Proceed down Horseshoe Pond Road for 0.8 miles to the kiosk on the right just before the boat landing.

Kezar Corridor Lands

From the GLLT office, head north on Route 5. Turn right onto Old Waterford Road, which soon turns to dirt. Follow Old Waterford Road until you reach Dan Charles Road (this intersection is marked by a road sign, as well as a GLLT preserve sign). Turn down Dan Charles Road and follow it until it ends at a T intersection. There is a small parking lot there. Turn right at the T onto Patterson Hill Road. After 100 yards or so, you will see another preserve sign and a large gravel parking lot on your right.