Date visited: 4/8/2021

White Memorial Conservation Area is a large area of land owned by the White Memorial Foundation in the towns of Litchfield and Morris . The foundation was founded by May and Alain White (not to be confused with Yes drummer Alan White), in order to preserve the land from development. We walked the trail around "Little Pond" that consists of a mile long boardwalk around the water/marsh. This was a really nice walk, with lovely scenery on a gorgeous afternoon. Mandy is not that fond of boardwalks or bridges, and usually tries to cross them as fast as possible, but since the boardwalk was over a mile long, she couldn't really keep the fast pace up! There were a few spots where we were able to take a break off the boardwalk. I could tell she was relieved when we got to the end of the loop.

Date visited: 5/9/2022

It seems most of Litchfield and Morris consist of White Memorial Conservation land. This is another property, just across the street from Bantam Lake, in the Bantam section of town. We hiked up a semi-steep hill that leads to an observation platform. The view wasn't that great from the platform, as there is too many trees to get a real good view of the lake from there. It wasn't much of a payoff for the climb. We were left with just a sense of accomplishment!

Date visited: 9/18/2022

The White Memorial Conservation Area occupies over 800 acres of land in Litchfield and Morris. This is the fourth different spot we visited that is part of the conservation area. This one is accessible from the main section of the area that includes the White Memorial Conservation Center museum. The Ice House Ruins trail is a 1+ mile loop that goes out to the ruins of an old ice house. Before refridgerators, large blocks of ice were cut here in even size blocks so that they could be stacked. I can't even imagine life without refridgerators! The ruins consist of remnants of a foundation and some large cement pillars. There is an observation deck adjacent to the ruins that looks out over Bantam Lake.

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