City Nature Challenge

Wethersfield CT Nature Walk

Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 10:00 AM. Meet at 412 Hartford Ave. On-street parking.

Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC) invites you to join us as we participate in the City Nature Challenge (CNC), a global bio blitz from April 24-27, 2026. CRC and partners throughout the Connecticut River watershed are hosting guided walks to take as many observations of the natural and alive world around us. Join us as we celebrate the arrival of Spring, round out the end of Earth week, and spend some time exploring nature together.

The Wethersfield Guided CNC Walk on April 25 from 10am-12pm will meet at Great Meadows Conservation Trust’s Wolf Parcel lot. We will meet at 412 Hartford Ave, corner of Jordan Lane (on street parking only), for a short walk through the gate to our Wolf Parcel and DeMille Easement on the Cove and Folly Brook. The walk is about 1 mile through muddy and uneven forested terrain. We will plan to walk together at a slower, nature-finding & observation-making pace for around 1-1.5 hours.

Pre-registration is required. All participants must sign a waiver.

RSVP: https://www.ctriver.org/event-details/cnc-wethersfield-ct/form

There are no bathrooms available along the trail. There are public restrooms nearby at the Cumberland Farms and Dunkin Donuts.

Dress for the weather and ground conditions, including mud. Weather and water conditions may revise or cancel.

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Participate by following these steps:

1. Download the iNaturalist app on your phone. Android. Apple.
2. Make an iNaturalist account.
3. Join one of the watershed projects listed below that is closest to you.
4. The Hartford and New Haven projects join pages are here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2026-hartford-new-haven-counties
5. During April 24-27, 2026, head outside to make observations in iNaturalist. Take photos of plants, animals, and fungi anywhere in the listed project areas. Consider joining one of the guided City Nature Challenge walks led by CRC or our partner organizations and learn more about your watershed with community.
6. Upload your observations at home or in the field, and they’ll automatically be added to a project.
7. Check back on the Project Journal for information about CNC events that you can join, and help us identify observations from April 28-May 10!