Guilford's Weekend Guide: Go On A Hike, Meet Wildlife At The Library And Go On A Veterans Tour

GUILFORD, CT — Guilford's weekend mixes hiking, nature and history: a Saturday hike, a morning wildlife program at the Guilford Free Library and a Sunday tour of the town's oldest cemetery to honor Veterans Day and America's 250th.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• Guilford Land Conservation Trust Hike: Bartlett Land Preserve/Totoket Mountain, Saturday, Nov. 7, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Join GLCT Director Bill Bloss for a hike through the Bartlett Land Preserve on Totoket Mountain to the corner where Guilford meets Durham and North Branford. The hike takes 2½ to 3 hours depending on pace, with a couple of long but not steep climbs up the ridge. Meet at the west end of Cooks Lane, off Great Hill Road and just past Whispering Woods Road in North Guilford. Text 203-623-3434 with questions.
• Loeb's Weekend Wildlife: Preparing for Winter, Saturday, Nov. 7, 11 a.m. to noon. An interactive presentation on how local and global animals and plants get ready for winter, with live wildlife, for ages 4 and up. Registration is required. Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St.
• Veterans Cemetery Tour, Sunday, Nov. 8, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Dudley Farm leads a guided tour of North Guilford's "Old North" Cemetery, the town's oldest and the resting place of many veterans, including many Dudleys, with stories of North Guilford in 1775. It's free; registration is requested. North Guilford Cemetery, Meeting House Hill, 159 Ledge Hill Road

Go on a hike with the Guilford Land Conservation Trust on Saturday, meet some wildlife at the library, and walk with Guilford's veterans on Sunday.

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