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Huckleberry Hill

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Huckleberry Hill

Huck, Huck, Huck Huckleberry Hill Trails, Avon December 2018 My seven-year-old son was looking at one of my maps and had some questions. The map in question was my map of Connecticut towns and at the time, 11 were colored in green. It was also time to color in a 12th. That town was Burlington and the reason for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Avon, Calvin, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys

Bailey’s Ravine at Ayers Gap

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Bailey’s Ravine at Ayers Gap

A Gap in My Knowledge Bailey's Ravine at Ayers Gap, Franklin September 2018 If you just want to see the waterfall here, go here. This page is about the whole area and its trails. First things first. Is this still a Nature Conservancy property? Who can tell? As far as I know it is, but the Nature Conservancy's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Nature Conservancy Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Franklin, Hikes with my Boys, New London County, Waterfalls

Countryside Park & Covered Bridge

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Countryside Park & Covered Bridge

Might as Well Cover the Whole Countryside Countryside Park Covered Bridge, Avon July 2016 Little Countryside Park, tucked away in western Avon next to the larger Huckleberry Hill property, deserves its own separate identity. This occurred to me as I was looking for information on the covered bridge here and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Curiosities, Hikes, New Post, Structural Engineering, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Avon, Covered Bridges, Damian, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys

Filley Park

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Filley Park

We've Had Our Fill Filley Park, Bloomfield April 2015 People probably incorrectly think there aren’t good areas to hike within the town of Bloomfield. They often don’t realize that a good chunk of the Metacomet Ridge is within the town’s western border. And yet, today, I’m writing a whole page dedicated to a tiny … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Bloomfield, Calvin, Damian, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Wild Animals

Maples Farm Park

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Maples Farm Park

Something About Marla Maples Maples Farm Park, Bozrah [I used to have a couple paragraphs here about Marla Maples and American evangelical Christian hypocrisy and then I remembered we now live in an alternative universe and decided to focus on what's important here...] BOZRAH HAS A TRAILED PROPERTY! Here's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Bozrah!, Calvin, Hikes with my Boys, New London County

Bailey’s Ravine Falls

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Bailey’s Ravine Falls

AYYYYYYYYYYYYYY(ers) Bailey's Ravine/Ayers Gap Falls, Franklin September 2018 [Note: For my Waterfalls pages, I’m using the town designation used by the Connecticut Waterfalls 2013 guidebook. Because sometimes it’s fun. But not now, as Franklin is just Franklin.] There are, quite literally, still thousands … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Curiosities, Geography, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Cool Geology, Franklin, Hikes with my Boys, New London County, Waterfalls

Mile of Ledges

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Mile of Ledges

Miles of Smiles Mile of Ledges, Burlington September 29, 2018 It is quite rare for me to revisit something for this site. With so much still to do, it simply doesn’t make logistical sense to spend an afternoon retracing steps or re-experiencing a museum. But sometimes it’s the right and best thing to do. Such was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge/CT400, Burlington, Calvin, Cool Geology, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Tunxis Trail

Belden Forest

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Belden Forest

Run/Forest/Run Belden Forest, Simsbury May 22, 2015 The Belden Forest tract on its own really isn't all that interesting. That's not to say it's not nice; for it is. Simsbury, which has tons a cool hiking areas, once again does nothing to promote them. (This is why, I suppose, the Simsbury Land Trust has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Simsbury

Metacomet Trail: Section 13

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Metacomet Trail: Section 13

Section 13: "Hike Like a Monkey!" Hatchett Hill Rd to Route 20, 2.3 miles September 1, 2018 Has it really been almost a year since our last Metacomet section hike? Yes. But I don't care. This day may have been the first opportunity to hike with Hoang in that intervening 11 months! And I'm glad we took … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge/CT400, Calvin, East Granby, Hikes with my Boys, Hoang, Metacomet Trail

GLT: Holcombe Preserve

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GLT: Holcombe Preserve

"Holcombe I Can't Keep Him?" Holcombe Preserve, Granby May 28, 2018 As of this writing, there are four signature trailed properties of the Granby Land Trust. Sure, they have a bunch of other parcels, some even trailed - and one containing the state's coolest tree. But the land trust focuses on their true … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Animals, Calvin, Damian, Granby, Granby Land Trust, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Wild Animals

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