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Hockanum River Trail: West Road Trail

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Hockanum River Trail: West Road Trail

Good Ol' Smellington Hockanum River Trails (The EHRTC): West Road Trail, Ellington ~1 mile one way, March 2018 If you are reading these Hockanum River Trails south to north, you have already read the Dart Hill North page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. I’ll wait. Actually, there's almost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Ellington, hockanum river trail, Tolland County

Hockanum River Watershed Assoc. Intro

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Hockanum River Watershed Assoc. Intro

Hockanum River Watershed Association Manchester, East Hartford, Ellington, Vernon HOCKANUM: From the Native American word "Hocquaun", meaning a hook-shaped or crooked river. Now having hiked most of their trails, I have a Hockanum Manifesto. Here it is: I love the Hockanum Trail. There are no mountains or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: East Hartford, Ellington, Hartford County, hockanum river trail, hockanum river watershed association, Manchester, Vernon, vernon greenway volunteers

Cold Creek Brewing Beers

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Cold Creek Brewing Beers

Cold Creek Brewing Beers Ellington Late 2017: Cold Creek Brewery has undergone a relatively massive change; head brewer Sean Piel has left for Counter Weight. The owners are opened Cold Creek Tavern which will is a restaurant that serves a lot of Cold Creek beer - but Cold Creek Brewery will remain open with a new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beer Reviews, CT Beer Tagged With: Beers by Brewery, Breweries, Cold Creek Brewery, Ellington, Tolland County

Northern Connecticut Land Trust Intro

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Northern Connecticut Land Trust Intro

Northern Connecticut Land Trust East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Somers, Stafford/Stafford Springs, Tolland, Vernon My first thought as I begin to tackle this Land Trust is, “Holy crap, that’s a lot of land in trust.” My second thought is, “cool, these should be trails I can bang out with my sons.” We just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Hartford County, Northern Connecticut Land Trust, Somers, Stafford, Tolland, Tolland County, Vernon

Hartford Audubon Society Trails

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Hartford Audubon Society Trails

Hartford Audubon Society Trails HAS Trails, Not in Hartford These guys call themselves HAS, so when you see the slogan “Hartford HAS it!” now you can think to yourself “Hartford Hartford Audubon Society it!” Consider your day ruined. But I do like how their sanctuary pages say Hartford Audubon … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon Hikes, Hikes Tagged With: Birds, Connecticut Audubon Fictional Passport Challenge, East Granby, Ellington, Hartford Audubon Society, Hartford County, South Windsor, Suffield

Oldest Roadside Memorial in US*

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Oldest Roadside Memorial in US*

Steamwhealing Over Facts Oldest Roadside Memorial in US, Ellington March 29, 2013 *Well one of them anyway. And I think I can say this is the oldest in Connecticut, but that doesn’t have the panache. “Ellington is home to one of America’s oldest roadside memorials.” This is from the impeccable source called … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Curiosities, Remembrances, Superlatives Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Ellington, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Monuments and Plaques, Tolland County

Shenipsit Trail: Section 5

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Shenipsit Trail: Section 5

Section 5: ShenipThat'sIt! Ellington/Somers/Stafford ~ 8 miles May 16, 2010 This just didn’t seem right. A hike on the Shenipsit – my final one – with good weather! While I did have some nice days for a few of the regional Shenipsit trails, I think I had cloud cover and/or rain and/or snow on my four prior … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge/CT400, Ellington, Great Views, Long Distance Trails, Observation Towers, Plants, shenipsit state forest, Shenipsit Trail, Somers, Stafford, Tolland County

168. Hall Memorial Library Exhibits

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168. Hall Memorial Library Exhibits

All Hail Hallowed Hall at Hall Ellington (Google Maps location) May 19, 2010 Somewhere along the CTMQ way, after readers kept pushing me to check out various libraries around the state for various reasons, I finally began to poke around what they have to offer. It’s a sketchy can of worms to open up for a couple … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Ellington, Free Museums, Libraries, Not Really a Museum Museum, Tiny Museums, Tolland County, Town History

Shenipsit Trail: Section 4

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Shenipsit Trail: Section 4

Section 4: SHHhhhhhhenipsit Vernon, Tolland, Ellington ~ 6 miles May 13, 2010 Ahhh, such a clever title. For this is the secret section of what has become quite the oddball trail. I’ve come to learn why the Shenipsit isn’t included in the conversation with CFPA’s “big” trails (Metacomet, Mattabesett, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge/CT400, Ellington, Long Distance Trails, shenipsit state forest, Shenipsit Trail, Tolland, Tolland County, UConn, Vernon

136. Nellie E. McKnight Museum

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136. Nellie E. McKnight Museum

Whoa Nellie Ellington (Google Maps Location) August 13, 2009 Ellington. Ellington. Ellington. Hm. I’m stumped. I don’t have anything to say about the rural community in north central Connecticut. Other than it’s rural and in the north central part of the state. Ellington, in fact, is very proud and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, Ellington, Free Museums, Historic Houses, told county

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