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The Day - Connected trails: Avoiding pavement on a hike through Groton - News from southeastern Connecticut


Fort Hill Brook tumbles over a waterfall at the Sheep Farm preserve in Groton. (Steve Fagin)
Mountain laurel surrounds Fort Hill Brook at the Sheep Farm preserve in Groton. (Betsy Graham)
The Sheep Farm preserve in Groton offers a quiet place to rest. (Betsy Graham)
Published December 10. 2020 9:49AM | Updated December 10. 2020 4:22PM
By
Steve Fagin
Anyone crisscrossing Groton by car might think that pavement dominates a town containing so many housing subdivisions, apartment complexes, shopping centers, factories and office buildings, not to mention an interstate highway, airport and submarine base. 
Those on foot, however, can hike for miles on connected trails, as our small group confirmed last week. ....

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