Sheldrick Forest Preserve
Wilton, NH

© The Nature Conservancy

Sheldrick Forest Preserve is 227-acres of high quality old forest in Wilton. It contains more than six natural communities, glacial drift, seeps and streams, mountain laurel and a variety of interior forest breeding birds.

An outpouring of grassroots support enabled The Nature Conservancy to purchase the 227-acre Sheldrick Forest Preserve in Wilton in June of 1996. Since the acquisition, the chapter has constructed over three miles of trails; published a Trail Map & Guide; developed an Interpretive Guide called "Everything Changes: Discovering the History of Sheldrick Forest", that corresponds to 19 interpretive points throughout the forest; written a Teachers Guide to address the same interpretive points in greater detail; and lastly developed 24 independent Youth Activity Sheets.

We hope that the trails, information, and activities will offer a diverse array of opportunities for visitors of all ages, interests and abilities. Sheldrick is an extraordinary forest that you will want to return to and observe, as it changes through the day, seasons, and years. There is much to discover...

Directions:

• From Milford, drive west on Route 101 past Wilton center.
• Turn left onto Temple Road just beyond Gary's Harvest Restaurant (approximately 2.1 miles west of the junction with Route 31 South, or 1.1 miles east of the Temple town line).
• Travel 0.3 mile on Temple Road, bear left to cross a bridge, and the turn left onto Town Farm Road.
• Travel 0.7 mile to the preserve entrance.
• Parking is in a field to the left of the road.