Everything Ashford
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” Ashford CTMQ-style… as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ.
If I’ve missed anything in town or if anything has closed or changed, please let me know.
As of December 2025, I have visited and done everything I know of in Ashford, and have updated and edited every page below!
Museums
Ashford Academy
Horizon Wings Raptor Rehab
Lance Arnold Studio and Fairy House Trail
Nathan Hale Heritage Center at June Norcross Webster Camp
Tremko-Stebbins House Museum (Possible future museum)
Hikes
Explore Connecticut’s Ashford Outdoors Guide
Natchaug State Forest – Intro & All Things Within
CFPA’s Natchaug Trail – Intro
- Section 1: Nipmuck Trail to Pilfershire Road
CFPA’s Nipmuck Trail – Intro
- Section 3: Marsh Road to Barlow Mill Road
Joshua’s Trust Trails – Intro
- The Ashford Oak (Not trailed)
Church Farm Preserve
Fliegel Farm Woods (No longer trailed)
Friedman Memorial Forest
Iron Mine Valley
Josias Byles Sanctuary
Knowlton Hill Preserve
Rankin Preserve
Tinkerville Brook
Ashford’s Town Trails – Intro
Food & Drink
CT Spirits Trail: Westford Hill Distillers
CT Ice Cream Trail: The Concrete Factory (Closed)
Looking for your favorite restaurant? Here is an explanation as to why it’s not here.
Everything Else
US Oldest: Russian publication
Windham County highpoint: Snow Hill, 1,210 feet
The Ashford Oak
Pixie Falls
Ladies Room Rock
Bakerwoods Farm (Closed)
Lucas Douglass’s Monument
Transfer Station Library
Ashford: Complete!
I “completed” Ashford in 2017 and again in 2025, but new and/or previously unknown-to-me CTMQ-worthy places and things open all the time, so a town is never really “complete.” I will, of course, continue to visit and write about these new places and things.
Ashford Wrap-Up and Completion Celebration Meal at Midway Restaurant & Pizza
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