The Scott Farm Loop Trail is a moderate walk on the grounds of the historic Scott Farm. While primarily wooded, the trail begins in the fields at the historic core of the farm, which includes a small covered bridge, a scenic farm pond, a series of dry stone walls at The Stone Trust's Stone Wall Park, and a small pick-your-own orchard.
Once in the woods past the field, the trail ascends slightly on a loop around a wetland to a small pond, and briefly emergies on the edge of a field on the grounds of the School for International Training, a primary training site for the first Peace Corps volunteers in the 1960s. The trail then descends back to the unpaved Kipling Road, a popular road for local walkers, following the road back to the farm entrance. Walkers are asked to stay on the main trail, as the spurs lead to private property.
Scott Farm is a working farm in active cultivation since 1791 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The farm currently specializes in over 130 varienties of heirloom apples.
For additional information, visit the Scott Farm Orchard website, or contact:
Scott Farm OrchardFrom I-91, take Exit 3. At the roundabout, take the first right onto US-5 South/Putney Road. At the first light (0.3 mi.), turn right onto Black Mountain Road. Go 0.6 miles, until the road forks after a very sharp curve. Go straight/right onto Kipling Road. (Black Mountain Road heads to the left). Pass the School for International Training (SIT) and the road become unpaved. Scott Farm is 1.5 miles from fork, on the left. There are several large white barns and a farmhouse.
Pull into the farm on the left just past the mailboxes and follow the gravel drive to the parking area by the Farm Market. Walk straight down the hill to the left of the Farm Market building to the rear of the barns in front of the pond. Here you will see a small covered bridge. The trail proceeds across the bridge, straight through the Stone Wall Park, past the Pick-Your-own orchard on your right, and through the field to the tree line, to an opening in the trees marking the start of the wooded portion of the trail.
There are EV chargers on site that visitors can utilize to charge their vehicles.
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