The Eastman Brook Trail at the Eastman Brook Conservation Area in Amherst, Massachusetts is an easy 1.9 mile brook-side loop hike.
This brook-side hike is a little less than two miles long, including the short detour to visit butterflies on Kestrel Land Trust land which was donated by the Wood and Cousins families.
From the parking area, follow the trail around the left side of the green fence, across two small gravel roads and along the edge of a field. This trail will then continue into the woods where you will find an intersection, take a right to enjoy butterflies during the warmer months, or a left to continue over the train tracks onto the Robert Frost Trail. Continue straight on the orange-blazed trail through a field perfect for viewing birds or tracks in the snow. When you approach the woods, stay straight and follow the red-blazed Ellsworth Barnard Trail along the Eastman Brook. Turn right and cross the bridge, to follow the trail through the entire loop. You will cross another bridge before completing the loop and returning to the parking area.
Parking: Parking is available on the west side of Leverett Road across from house #281.
Partner: Kestrel Land Trust partners with towns to create, conserve, and care for public lands to help everyone connect with nature. The conservation lands here are owned by the Town and Kestrel.
This brook-side hike is a little less than two miles long, including the short detour to visit butterflies on Kestrel Land Trust land which was donated by the Wood and Cousins families.
From the parking area, follow the trail around the left side of the green fence, across two small gravel roads and along the edge of a field. This trail will then continue into the woods where you will find an intersection, take a right to enjoy butterflies during the warmer months, or a left to continue over the train tracks onto the Robert Frost Trail. Continue straight on the orange-blazed trail through a field perfect for viewing birds or tracks in the snow. When you approach the woods, stay straight and follow the red-blazed Ellsworth Barnard Trail along the Eastman Brook. Turn right and cross the bridge, to follow the trail through the entire loop. You will cross another bridge before completing the loop and returning to the parking area.
Parking: Parking is available on the west side of Leverett Road across from house #281.
Partner: Kestrel Land Trust partners with towns to create, conserve, and care for public lands to help everyone connect with nature. The conservation lands here are owned by the Town and Kestrel.
