Jonathan J Webster
Just over three and half miles as the crow flies from the Merritt Parkway, sits Randall’s Farm Preserve. A short hike on a well-maintained path leads to the back meadow. Back here, just seven hundred or so feet from Sport Hill Rd, you can lose yourself in the serene beauty of the preserved terrain.
If you’re lucky and the traffic cooperates, you’ll hear nothing. If you close your eyes for a moment, and then look at the sky, it suddenly seems much bigger, especially in the winter. This is Easton’s “Big Sky” country.
Randall’s offers a treat for your senses during any season. There are peepers by the millions in the spring, though you’ll need to look close to spot that many. In the summer, pollinators galore: birds, bees, butterflies, beetles and moths of hundreds of species. Fall brings an abundance of classic New England colors and migrating raptors. The summer months offer wildflowers reaching for the clouds, while white tail deer welcome you to their home from a distance. The winter snow exposes the true rolling nature of the meadows.
