Stickney Hill Walk

 August 27 at 12:00 noon, NOTE TIME
Come for a hike at this 15.9-acre property in Rockville. Meet at the eastern end of Pleasant Street (at the dead end), GPS 41 Pleasant Street. Park along the street. Land Trust board member and property steward Rob Lewis will lead the walk. The event is free and will be held rain or shine, but extreme weather cancels. Steep hill and bumpy ground. Under a mile total, with some pauses to learn about the area’s history, flora, and geology. Volunteers created trails marked with blazes. The locator map at right shows the oddly shaped property. Local historian Jon Roe said the area was inherited by businessman John Stickney in the mid-nineteenth century. Stickney owned the mill for which nearby Paper Mill Pond is named and built a house on an adjacent hill overlooking the Amerbelle complex. His daughter, Caroline Alathea Stickney Creevey, 1843-1920, wrote several popular botany books and “A Daughter of the Puritans,” an autobiography, available online through Google books, about her childhood in the area of Stickney Hill. Click Stickney Hill hike poster for more info. After our hike, we’ll host an optional side trip to visit the former Stickney homestead.