No Child Left Inside

A photograph of a family in a field by a lake.

PLEASE BE SURE TO PRINT OFF ACTIVITY AND PARKING DIRECTIONS.

PARKING DIRECTIONS
There are two parking lots along the Hebron section of the Air Line Trail.  For those borrowing bikes please park at the Route 85 Lot.  For those bringing their own bikes please park at Grayville Falls Park.

Directions to Route 85 Lot:

  • From Route 2 take Exit 13 for Marlborough/Willimantic/Route 66.
  • Head East on Route 66 until you come to intersection with Route 85 in Hebron.
  • Take a right onto Route 85 and head south on Route 85 for about 2 miles.  Parking lot will be on right.  If you come to Route 85 Lumber you have gone too far.

Directions to Grayville Falls Park:

  • From Route 2 take Exit 13 for Marlborough/Willimantic/Route 66.
  • Head East on Route 66 until you come to intersection with Route 85 in Hebron.
  • Take a right onto Route 85 and head south on Route 85 for about 1 mile.  Take a right onto Old Colchester Road.  Go a little more than 1 mile and take a right onto Grayville Road.  Grayville Falls Park is a half mile down on the left.  When you arrive at Graysville Park you will walk/bike back down the road about 100 feet to the entrance for the Air Line Trail (there will be clearly posted sings). 

ACTIVITY SHEET AND DIRECTIONS
Along the 3 mile Hebron section of the Air Line Trail there will be 26 bird houses each with a different letter of the alphabet.  When you open the bird house you will discover an interesting forest ecosystem fact.  Also in the bird house there will be a stamp that corresponds to the letter of that respective bird house and an ink pad.  Stamp your downloaded activity sheet with the respective letter much like you would a passport.  In order to receive credit for this week’s activity you must collect 10 of the 26 alphabet stamps.  Be sure to turn in your “ABC’s of the Air Line Trail Ecosystem Sheet,” complete with stamps, at the guided event on June 13th as your “proof of visitation.”

Download the activity sheet

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE AIR LINE TRAIL

  • This section of the Air Line Trail is both stroller and wheelchair accessible.
  • Please note that there is a lot of poison ivy along the trail so be careful where you step.

To learn more about poison ivy visit http://www.ladybug.uconn.edu/factsheets/tp_05_poisonivy.html

Air Line State Park Trail