Nazzaro Preserve, donated by Louis and Anthony Nazzaro, is situated north of house lots with frontage on Wicks Manor Drive and is composed of upland oak-hemlock forest on west-northwest-facing slopes. The property boasts an impressive northern red, white, and black oak overstory and hemlock midstory canopy on boulder-strewn slopes leading to two peaked knolls. The property can also be accessed via the Ives Trail Greenway, a regional trail connecting parks and open spaces in four towns of Fairfield County. The 17-mile Ives Trail traverses Bennett’s Pond State Park and Pine Mountain Reserve in Ridgefield; Wooster Mountain State Park, Tarrywile Park, and the Barnard, Schwab, and Wiedel Preserves in Danbury; Terre Haute open space in Bethel; and Bogus Brook Preserve in Redding.

There is no direct parking available at Nazzaro Preserve. The closest parking is available at the Long Ridge United Methodist Church at 201 Long Ridge Road, Danbury, CT. Parking is allowed every day except Sunday. Exit the parking lot and walk approximately 0.25 miles up Long Ridge Road to the entrance of the Ives Trail drop-off lot (parking not allowed) on the west side of the road. Walk across the bridge and over the crest of the hill to Nazzaro Preserve.

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