Garrett Goodbody Preserve

This trail is named for the late Garrett Goodbody, a longtime SLT board member and friend who single-handedly negotiated the purchase of the two parts of this preserve in 2000 and 2001. The preserve lies on the southern reach of Indian Mountain, and combines acres of high-value farmland with a protected corridor to the highest elevations on Indian Mountain. Spanning 107 acres, it features a loop trail that climbs to an elevation of 1,065 ft. Three separate viewpoints can be found along the trail—Sharon Valley, Millerton Valley, and Mudge Pond—each one featuring a bench on which to take in some of the most spectacular views in this area of Sharon. Between them lies a highly intact forest that offers habitat for a multitude of interior forest birds such as the scarlet tanager, Eastern wood pewee, and many species of woodland warblers. The white oak trail near the Mudge Pond view connects this to the VonAhn Preserve to the north.