Donated by Dr. and Mrs. Louis R. Wasserman (7 Acres - 1977) & Myertin Associates (4 Acres)
Acres Owned by NFA: 11
Abutting Preserved Property:
State owned > Rocky Glen State Park ____ Acres
Town owned > ___ Acres (3 parcels)
Parking and access: On Walnut Tree Hill 400 feet from trail head and Black Bridge Road.
Trails: Yes, Steep
This 7 acre wooded parcel is located off Walnut Tree Hill Road. It contains typical northern forest tree species
including some very large hemlock and oak trees. The rolling topography leads to a steep cliff point
overlooking the Pootatuck River and Black Bridge with a recently installed fence for safety. Down below and
bordering the southern boundary is Rocky Glen State Park. From this end of the parcel you have view to the
south across the rolling hills to Fairfield Hills. Access to this point is found from the park below and provides
hiking access from Walnut Tree Hill Road to Rocky Glen State Park. This parcel is bounded on the north side
by land owned by the Town of Newtown. Al’s trail, a 10+ mile long Town of Newtown trail that connects the Old
Fairfield Hills Hospital campus with Paugusset State Forest North crosses the property as well.
400 feet below is the swift-running Pootatuck River and the Shorewood building, known to old timers as the
Dutch Rubber factory or the Upper factory. Thus, the Wasserman property looks down onto some of Newtown’
s most picturesque nineteenth century scenes.
At the northerly boundary of Rocky Glen State Park sits the Myertin Associates Black Bridge Road parcel of 4
acres of very steep topography (140’) which contributes to the preservation of the hillside vista that enhances
the setting of the old Fabric Fire Hose Company Building on Glen Road which it is across the river from.
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