Boating
Lyme’s southern border includes Rogers Lake, which offers opportunities for boating, sailing, kayaking, canoeing, fishing, waterskiing, swimming and other popular recreational activities.
- For the rules and regulations that govern the use of Rogers Lake, click here.
- For a map of Rogers Lake which specifies the direction and speed of boat traffic, click here.
Preserves & Trails
The Town of Lyme has forged important partnerships with the Lyme Land Conservation Trust and the Nature Conservancy’s Connecticut chapter to further our shared preservation and conservation goals – including the maintenance of an extensive network of trails through our parks and preserves that provide access to many beautiful outdoor areas. The Town works closely with a number of conservation organizations to build and maintain trails that link together and often cross many boundaries. Our parks and preserves with their miles of trails are open to all.
- For a map of the Town of Lyme showing available trails, click here.
- For a comprehensive list of trail maps, click here.
- For the rules and guidelines that govern the use of our trails, click here.
In 2025, the Mount Archer Woods Preserve was recognized by Audubon’s Bird-Friendly Maple Program.
Supporting Our Preserves & Trails
- To volunteer with the Town of Lyme Open Space Coordinator or the Lyme Land Trust to become a Property Steward for a trail or preserve, or to volunteer in another way, please go here.
- To donate to the Town for the maintenance of all of its preserves – including the Hartman Park, Mt. Archer Woods, Jewett, Johnston, Young and Czykowski Hill Preserves, and Selden Landing – send a check to Board of Selectpeople, 480 Hamburg Road, Lyme, CT 06371; and write “Open Space Maintenance Fund” in the memo line.
- To read the 1993 report commissioned by the Town of Lyme on the cultural resources of Hartman Park that was written by archaeologist John Pfieffer, click here. The 302-acre park was donated as a gift to the Town of Lyme by John and Kelly Bill Hartman in 1988.
- To support the maintenance and preservation of Hartman Park and its beautiful trails, you can make a contribution through the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut to the Hartman Park Endowment Fund – a fund established by the Hartman family to care for the park in perpetuity. To donate online through the community foundation, go here to donate to the “Hartman Park Endowment Fund.”