Enfield Fall Walking Tours
SHAKER PINES WALKING TOUR( Saturday) Fee $ 25 – Cybulski Road / Moody Road Sept. 13( Rain date Sept. 20) 9:00 a. m.- 12:00 p. m.- Jim Malley No Senior Discount The tour starts on Cybulski Drive. Participants will learn about the Enfield Shaker community which lasted from 1792 – 1914. The tour will continue along Moody Rd. & Print Shop Road and you will learn about former and current businesses. The tour will continue by car to the LEGO Soccer fields along Shaker Road to view and discuss some of the remaining Shaker buildings, Crescent Lake, the canal and cemetery. The tour will continue by car to Bridges Road to discuss Shaker Lake, the former sawmill and area businesses in the neighborhood.
THOMPSONVILLE WALKING TOUR( Thursday) St. Patrick’ s Old Cemetery & Thompsonville Cemetery Sept. 25( Rain date Oct. 2) 2:30 p. m.- 4:30 p. m. Fee $ 19- Senior Discount- Jim Malley This walking tour begins on Pleasant Street and heads north to the entrance of the St. Patrick’ s Cemetery and the Thompsonville Cemetery. Participants will learn about Dr. Thomas Alcorn, Edgar H. Parkman, John O’ Hear to name a few. The tour continues past carpet company housing down Lafayette St. and Bigelow Ave. Then on Alden Ave. past St Adalbert’ s Church. The tour wraps up, down Lincoln St., past the old North School and Polish Home on Church St.( Tour starts at Town parking lot on the corner of Pleasant St./ Whitworth St.)
POWDER HOLLOW PARK / SCANTIC RIVER LINEAR PARK WALKING TOUR STOP AT COLLINS CREAMERY( Saturday) 9:00 a. m. – 12:00 a. m. Fee $ 25- Jim Malley Sept. 27( Rain date Oct. 4) No Senior Discount The Hazard Powder Company was located along the Scantic River. This walking tour begins at the Powder Hollow baseball field and continues along the Scantic River Linear Park and then returns to Powder Hollow Park. The tour will continue by car to tour the Collins Farm and enjoy ice cream at the Collins Creamery, 9 Powder Hilll Rd.( Tour begins at the end of Dust House Road at the Powder Hollow baseball field)
ALL MANDATED PROGRAMS ARE FREE • FALL 2025 • EAE • 8