Begin on US-7 across from G. Stone Motors or the Middlebury Union Middle School. From US-7 (past a wooden rail fence just north of Dundon’s) follow Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) signs through the 16-acre Jeffrey Murdock Nature Preserve to visit a small cave at the north end and a dedication plaque near a rock outcrop. Notice the huge, old oaks and hickories throughout these pleasant woodlands. The TAM emerges from the woods onto the fields of the Middle School. Follow the signs out the school’s driveway, to the right (north) on Middle Road.

The Jeffrey Murdock Nature Preserve has a trail that is part of the Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) trail complex. Jeffrey Murdock Nature Preserve trail length is 0.6 miles.