CTMQ’s Guide to Madison

Everything Madison

I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Madison CTMQ-style… as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of CTMQ.

What do you know about the town that is most famous for Hammonasset? You can scroll down for my list of things to do in town. Or, as always, you can click on the town’s tag to see what I’ve done.

If I’ve missed anything in town or if anything has closed or changed, please let me know.

All The CTMQ Madison Stuff

Links take you to my reports

Museums

Allis-Bushnell House
Bauer Park Farm Museum
Deacon John Grave House
Lee Academy
Mary C. Daly RSM Art Gallery at Mercy by the Sea
Meigs Point Nature Center
Scranton Memorial Library Art Gallery
The Sculpture Mile
Susan Powell Fine Art Gallery

Hikes

Hammonasset Beach State Park
Hammonasset Natural Area Preserve
Cockaponset State Forest – Intro

CFPA’s Lone Pine Trail
CFPA’s Mattabessett Trail – Intro

Section 5: Durham, North Branford, Guilford, & Madison
Section 6: Guilford, Madison, & Durham

Madison Land Conservation Trust – Intro

Bailey North Trail
Bailey South Trail
Blinnshed Loop Trail
Blinnshed Ridge Trail
Camp Hadley Trail
Double Loop Trail
Dowd Hollow Preserve
Indian Rock Shelters
Indigo Woods Trail
Ironwoods Preserve
Jefferson Park Trail
Lost Pond Trail
Mica Ledges (in partnership with Middlesex Land Trust)
Neck River Trail
Neck River Uplands North & South
Oil Mill Brook Trail
Overbrook Trail
Ox Pasture Trail
Paper Mill Trail
Rettich Preserve
Shepherds Trail
St. Francis Woods Trail
Summer Hill Trail

South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority Trails – Intro

Genesee
Lake Hammonasset

Madison’s Town Trails – Intro

Rockland Preserve
Salt Meadow Park

Food & Drink

Roadfood List: Fried Clams at Lennie & Joe’s Fish Tale
Homemade ice cream: Ashley’s

Looking for your favorite restaurant? Here is an explanation as to why it’s not here.

Other Stuff, Often the Best Stuff

The Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Archives
CT Carousel Trail: Magical Fish Tale Carousel
Hammonasset Beach
Surf Club Park pink sand
Samson Rock
Shark Rock
Joshua’s Rock
Indian Rock Shelter Trail Falls
Selectman’s Stones
Mercy by the Sea and its Labyrinth
Madison Art Cinemas
R.J. Julia Booksellers

Completion Celebration Meal & Madison Wrap-Up

Clam Castle