# Lloyd Center for the Environment Walking Trails > Place to go for families in the Providence–Warwick area (RI / MA). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Trails open dawn to dusk daily, 365 days a year; main building closed during construction - Where: Lloyd Center for the Environment, 430 Potomska Road, Dartmouth, MA 02748 - Ages: Check age guidance - Price: Trails free to the public - Schedule: Trails open dawn to dusk daily, 365 days a year; main building closed during construction - Organizer: Lloyd Center for the Environment - Official page: https://lloydcenter.org/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/lloyd-center-for-the-environment-walking-trails--listing-6dd84b2914a145aa25cf1b3f ## About The Lloyd Center sits on 82 acres of oak-hickory forest, freshwater wetlands, salt marsh and estuary in Dartmouth, with seven walking trails and views of Buzzards Bay, Demarest Lloyd State Park, Mishaum Point and the islands. Families can walk the gently sloping Osprey Point Trail to a lookout over the Slocum River (ospreys in summer and fall) past two of the largest holly trees in Massachusetts, stop at the bird blind by a kettle hole on the Chaypee Woods Trail, or take the level West Swamp Trail, where spotted salamanders and turtles hide in the swamp. 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