Over the years additional land has accumulated, trees have taken root, and an entire rich and varied ecosystem now exists. It is over this spit of land that our nature trail wends its way to the lighthouse. Beginning in a hardwood forest, it meanders over bridges and through lowlands until it emerges onto sandy beaches and into stands of cattails and reeds which tower over hikers on the trail during late summer. Parts of the trail may be under water during high tides so check out the page on tides and the trail if you will be visiting the lighthouse. The flora varies with the season.
Early spring reveals jack in the pulpit, skunk cabbage, marsh marigold and arrowroot.
Asiatic dayflower, jewel weed and many others. Take our Winter Lighthouse Trail Animals enjoy the land along the trail as well. Deer, squirrels, beavers, fox, rabbits, muskrats are seen regularly. Birds in astonishing abundance inhabit the land surrounding the trail at their respective seasons. One hundred and forty species have been identified in just the last four years.