Hartford Metropolitan District

Hartford Metropolitan District
Lake McDonough is scenic public recreation area less than 30 miles from Hartford.  It lies on the west side of Route 219 in Barkhamsted, Connecticut, just over three miles northeast of the Route 44 intersection in New Hartford Center. The beaches, bathhouses, boathouse and picnic areas are wheelchair accessible.
Here is their website.   “For beach and boathouse information call 860 379-3036 (in season) or 860 278-7850 ext. 3110.   Phone for the Metropolitan District is 860-278-7850.
Wheelchair AccessibleLake McDonough  Braille Trail  0.25 mile.  “A few hundred yards from Goose Green Beach on the west side of Lake McDonough in Barkhamsted, Connecticut, the blacktop Braille Trail is a fully accessible, self-guided nature trail. With Braille signage and a system of ramps and guide railings for the blind and physically impaired, the trail features more than 30 natural landmarks to read about and touch, such as trees and rocks that are indigenous to Southern New England.”

Marshall Forest

Marshall Forest
 The Nature Conservancy’s Marshall Forest has the Big Pine Braille trail which is wheelchair accessible.  The Forest is in Floyd County near Rome, Georgia.  It covers 301 acres of pine-hardwood forest.  It is “one of the last remaining stands of old-growth forest in the Ridge and Valley Province, a geographical corridor that runs from Pennsylvania to Alabama.”   There are three plant communities and a  ”…wealth of fauna, including frogs, salamanders, at least six species of snake, and dozens of bird species.”  Phone 404-873-6946  Here is their website.
Wheelchair AccessibleBig Pine Braille 
Trail  0.025 mile loop.  Thanks to LA Allen for this information about the trail: “It is gravel paved and leveled regularly for wheelchair accessibility for chairs with wide tires”
Wheelchair AccessibleThere is a “…short trail that has been improved for wheelchair access (gravel surface). The trail can be navigated by most wheelchairs with wide tires. ”