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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

Colebrook’s Town Trails

May 6, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Colebrook's Town Trails Don't worry, your friends probably don't know where Colebrook is either. It's okay - Colebrookians like it that way. (It's north of Winsted on the Massachusetts border if that helps.) And while it is mostly either forest or reservoir, there really don't seem to be too many "town trails." … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Colebrook

Colebrook Land Conservancy

May 5, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

Colebrook Land Conservancy Colebrook Colebrook is beautiful. Colebrook is the Connecticut town that time forgot. A store, a church or two, some houses of course, and... a whole lot of woods. Most of those woods are the Algonquin State Forest, but the local land conservancy has a few parcels as well. One … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Colebrook, Colebrook Land Conservancy

LaSalette Open Space

May 5, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

On a Mission LaSalette Open Space, Bloomfield July 2019 & April 2020 I've seen this place called LaSalette Park as much as LaSalette Open Space. Get it together Bloomfield. The property bumps up against the Wintonbury Land Trust's Hawk Hill Farm property and the maps of both sort of bleed over into each other. Get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Bloomfield, Calvin, Hikes with my Boys, lasalette trail

Rising Star (2013)

May 3, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

A Long Walk... Rising Star, 2013 This movie is no longer available on YouTube. You lose. Rising Star is not a good movie. And yet... And yet it is the exact type of movie for which I created my massive "Connecticut Movies" list. Therefore, I love it. I love its earnestness and its commitment to Hartford. And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: connecticut movies, Hartford, movies

CTMQ’s Guide to Prospect

May 1, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Prospect 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” Prospect CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Prospect

Prospect Land Trust Intro

April 30, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Prospect Land Trust Prospect When I think of Prospect, I think of the caricature old toothless 49'er prospector. And that was before my friend Matt, who lives in Prospect, told me that whenever he tells people he lives in town he does the toothless arm jive we associate with such caricatures. (For the record, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Prospect, prospect land trust

Prospect’s Town Trails

April 30, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Prospect's Town Trails I'm sorry you've somehow found yourself on this page, for there are no Prospect-owned properties with trails as far as I know. If I'm wrong, please contact me or comment below. But here's a thing - Prospect is called Prospect because of the views the town provides as it contains the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Prospect

Bates Nature Trail at Herrick Park

April 29, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mastering Bates Herrick Park, Bolton April 2020 I keep an ongoing list of CTMQ stuff for each town that none of you can see. On Bolton's list, I had something like, "a trail at Herrick park." Then when I put the Bolton Town Guide together, I searched the internet high and low for confirmation that there was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Bolton, Calvin, Hikes with my Boys

BLT: Blackledge Marsh

April 29, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cul-de-Quick Blackledge Marsh, Bolton April 2020 When I decide to "attack" a town's trail system, I make a little game out of it. Look at the list of trails, sort out where they are and how many I can do in one trip, and make a plan. However, when I have Calvin with me, I must sometimes change things on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Bolton, bolton land trust, Calvin, Hikes with my Boys

Keney Memorial Clock Tower

April 28, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Keney Memorial Clock Tower Hartford 130 feet tall It is the rare list on CTMQ that I know I'll never "complete" in a way that feels complete. My list of towers, lookouts, and observation decks is one such list. Simply put, there are a lot of these things that are inaccessible. Which is a bummer. I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Hartford, Observation Towers

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