Long Pond Preserve was donated to The Nature Conservancy in 1970 by a group of Waccabuc residents to preserve the habitat of the wet meadow and wooded uplands, and to protect the waters of Lake Waccabuc from polluted runoff.  Ownership and management of the preserve was transferred to the Three Lakes Council in 2015.

The trail begins at the kiosk adjacent to the Mead Chapel parking area and leads down through the woods toward the lake shore. Well-marked trails cross a bridge and proceed south and then east, allowing close observation of the wetland plants and forest which are adjacent to the lake.