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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

Owens Brook Trail (Gone)

November 6, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Owens Brook Trail Simsbury Land Trust November 2013 This page is stupid, as this trail hasn't existed since maybe 2000 or so - but appeared in the first version of the Simsbury Walk Book I owned. Don't even read this page. Seriously. I went to see longtime online friend and Courant writer Peter Marteka give a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Simsbury

Roaring Brook Nature Center Trails

November 5, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Roaring Brook Nature Center Trails Nature Center/State Land, Canton August & October 2013 I’ve been to Roaring Brook a whole bunch of times - (here’s the first time Damian and I visited the nature center museum – notable as it was the first time he stood up on his own and let go of a supporting structure... at 27 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Canton, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Nature Centers

Stratton Brook State Park Trails

November 4, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

Twigs & Stratton Stratton Brook State Park Trails October 27, 2013 I’ve been to Stratton Brook a bunch of times, but only to take Damian sunning and swimming at the pond over there. Oh, and there’s one of the smallest nature center “museums” over there as well. But this page is about the park in general … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Beach, Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Simsbury, stratton brook state park

Woodbury’s Town Trails

November 4, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Woodbury's Town Trails Fun fact: Someone from Philly or the surrounding area will likely pronounce Waterbury and Woodbury so similarly, you won't be able to tell the two apart in conversation. I used to be like that until my (now) wife fixed me. I used to also think that towns themselves didn't have … [Read more...]

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

Gelatissimo

November 2, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Yes, Generalissimo, to Gelatissimo Gelatissimo, New Canaan As is the case with so many of my CTMQ lists – almost all of them, actually – I started them with the ignorant notion that I’d easily finish them. Yeah, I’m a ding-dong. Turns out, there are a million “homemade ice cream joints.” And when I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Hoang, New Canaan

Town Owned Trails

October 30, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

169 Towns, 10,069 Trails (est.) Town Managed/Owned Trails This section has always been sort of hard to define, but now that I've focused more on what's out there in the woods, I've come to love it. Almost every trail you'll navigate to through this page is on land owned by the town it is in. That's the idea … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes

Arnold Preserve

October 29, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

Hey Arnold! Canton Land Conservation Trust, Canton October 2013 This page exists for historical reasons. "The Arnold Preserve" is more or less part of the CCLT's Onion Mountain complex of trails... or part of the Roaring Brook Nature Center's trail network. But I wrote this back when I was just learning about land … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Canton, Canton Land Conservation Trust

Canton Land Conservation Trust Trails

October 26, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

Canton Land Conservation Trust Trails Canton, Barkhamsted, & Burlington When most people think of Canton, they think of the route 44 corridor. The built up area including, most notably, the Shoppes at Farmington Valley. The Shoppes used to be a golf course, which in my mind, are just as environmentally damaging as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Canton, Canton Land Conservation Trust

Land Trust Trails

October 26, 2013 by Steve 2 Comments

Land Trust Me, You Don't Want to Do This Connecticut’s Land Trusts & Their Trails For several years, this introductory paragraph used to say some stuff about how this page was ridiculous because no way would I ever even consider hiking all of the trails on all of our various land trusts’ properties. I just didn’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes

Case

October 24, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Terry’s Pain in the Butt Area Simsbury Land Trust's Case, formerly Terry’s Plain Area, Simsbury October 2013 Because I care about you, dear reader (and the singular is probably apt here), I have thought long and hard about how to best present the trails and historical sites in this unique little part of Simsbury. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Land Trust Hikes, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Military History, Simsbury, Simsbury Land Trust, State WMA

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