Land Trust Me, You Don't Want to Do This Connecticut’s Land Trusts & Their Trails For several years, this introductory paragraph used to say some stuff about how this page was ridiculous because no way would I ever even consider hiking all of the trails on all of our various land trusts’ properties. I just didn’t … [Read more...]
Warren Land Trust Intro
Warren Land Trust Warren Warren is easily one of the least developed towns in all of Connecticut. You don't know anyone from Warren. Heck, you've never even been to Warren and likely have never even heard of Warren. No, no... that's Sherman you're thinking of, not Warren. I have this whole idea to write a … [Read more...]
Cornwall Conservation Trust Trails Intro
Cornwall Conservation Trust Cornwall While gathering up information for this page and its list of trails, I noticed that there is a mountain in Cornwall called Bloody Mountain. Intrigued, I researched the name and found only one reference from about a hundred years ago: "Bloody Mountain got its name from a battle … [Read more...]
FLT: Hetzel Refuge
Hike the Hetzel Pretzel Flanders Land Trust: Hetzel Refuge ~1.5 Mile, May 2019 The trail system at the Hetzel Refuge isn’t remotely pretzel-shaped, but I’m sticking with my title. I did, in fact, hike a couple loops that – oh never mind. No use in trying to invent some sort of Hetzel Pretzel logic here. The … [Read more...]
Deep River Land Trust Trails Intro
Deep River Land Trust Deep River Shout out to our friends at the Deep River Land Trust. No, not for the fact that "Deep River Land Trust" probably sounds funny to people who don't immediately know that Deep River is a Connecticut town with earthen land... shout out to them for have a website, with a modicum of … [Read more...]
Beetle Bung Pond
Beetle Bung Pond Middlebury Beetle Bung Pond is an inherently funny name for a pond. Funny enough for me to make my way into the northern Middlebury woods to stand upon its murky shoreline and then to dedicate an entire CTMQ page about it. Beetle Bung Pond. Beetle Bung. Beetle. Bung. But here’s the … [Read more...]
WLT: Stout Family Fields
No Need For a Porter Here Stout Family Fields, ~.4 mile, Wintonbury Land Trust, Bloomfield January 2020 On their own, the 13-acres of Stout Family Fields isn't the most exciting place to go for a walk. You walk up a slope towards the trees and are afforded a decent little view across Bloomfield towards Hartford. … [Read more...]
Darien Land Trust’s Trails Intro
Darien Land Trust Darien Suffice it to say, Darien Land Trust has a few bucks. Probably more than your town’s land trust. Perhaps even more than your town, period. Such is life in Darien. Which is pronounced “Dairy-Ann” which is important to know if you look like me and are “caught” hiking their immaculate trails … [Read more...]
Wolcott Land Conservation Trust Intro
Wolcott Land Conservation Trust Wolcott I feel kind of bad for the WLCT. I mean, they’re cool and all and they have land holdings and Wolcott has its natural features, but… but their largest holding is Hitchcock Lake. And Hitchcock Lake is surrounded by homes. It’s a lovely lake to be sure, but there’s no hiking … [Read more...]
Cheshire Land Trust Intro
Cheshire Land Trust Cheshire Cheshire's kind of a neat town in terms of its geography. It's big, flat town with a steep wall making its western border. Like, "Come, enjoy Cheshire... just don't go west." Of course, that western ridge offers some of the best views and hiking in this part of the state. I'm not … [Read more...]
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