Clean-Up Day At South Farm Preserve

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When: Sunday, May 17 at 9am
Where: Meet at the South Farm Preserve parking lot off of Old Coach Road
What: Join with the Charlestown Conservation Commission to help them maintain this beautiful property.

  • There are some overgrown branches and fallen trees that need clearing as well as some trails that could use general cleanup.
  • Please bring gloves, loppers, pruners and handsaws.
  • The Charlestown Conservation Commission will provide the coffee.
  • Additionally anyone in need of volunteer hours will get credit for this work.
  • Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Owned by the Town of Charlestown since 2002, this 87 acre property was purchased with a Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management open space grant and Town Open Space Bond funds.

The property consists of approximately 2,700 feet of undeveloped frontage on Old Coach Road and together with the Nature Conservancy land on the opposite side of the road, it protects a long section of the scenic and undeveloped northern end of Old Coach Road. The acquisition of this property has preserved a sense of the rural and agricultural character of this road for future generations. The property is mainly forested, but also contains two large fields which are hayed, a small pond, and other wetlands.

There is a parking lot on the property that leads to hiking trails and a reconstructed Sheep Barn.

Located across Old Coach Road from Pasquiset Preserve. These two preserves provide a nearly 350 acre complex for conservation, wildlife, and passive recreation.

Google map to 41.419696, -71.615583

More about open space in Charlestown at https://charlestowncitizens.org/guide-to-open-space/

The banner image is a photo of one of the fields at South Farm by Frances Topping.