Bafflin Sanctuary Hiking Trails

The trails form seven distinct loops and cover more than seven miles, around wetlands, along a brook, and through meadows and woods.

The Ravine Trail starts at the Center at Pomfret building, on Day Road, and descends through a meadow, at the edge of which White-eyed Vireos sing, and then doubles back through a hemlock ravine. Across Day Road from the Center, the Bog Trail circles a wetland where Virginia Rail and Wood Duck can be found., and intersects with the Airline State Park Trail, which runs from Portland to Thompson.

There is a trail head on Route 169 that leads to the mile-and-a-half Mashomoquet Meadows Trail; and another on Bosworth Road, near the southern end of the sanctuary, that leads to the 1.25-mile Ledge Trail.
There is a lot to see at this 700-acre sanctuary: Extensive field and shrub areas with wetlands, hardwood forest and a hemlock ravine. Rolling terrain with broad vistas. and several ways to see it.

Sanctuary manager Andy Rzeznikiewicz manages the Bafflin Sanctuary for birds that require open land or young forest, most of which are rare or declining in the region. These include Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Eastern Towhee, and Chestnut-sided Warbler.

Ongoing habitat improvement and management projects include a cornfield, and seasonal grass and flower plots to attract migratory songbirds.