Duuuuuuuune Matianuck Sand Dunes Natural Area Preserve July 2013 "Instead of the gym tomorrow morning, I'm going to the beach." "Um. What?" "Yeah, I'll be home usual time, don't worry about it." "Um. What?" "I just want to hit the sand in the early morning light. It invigorates me." "Um. What?" I … [Read more...]
Lake Waramaug State Park
Lake Waramaug State Park Kent July 5&7, 2013 I live in West Hartford, about an hour away from Kent. So why in the world did I go to Lake Waramaug twice in 3 days? Especially when we had no plans to even go at all two days prior? Friends, this is what life is all about. Life with kids anyway. When you are … [Read more...]
Pomperaug Trail
Pomp and CTMQstance Pomperaug Trail, 4.6 miles in Oxford and Southbury January 14 & September 16, 2012 As I sit to write this I see that I apparently struggled several months ago in figuring out how to present this section of mid-Housatonic River Trails. The CFPA Walk Books call them "Lake Zoar Area Trails," … [Read more...]
Nod Brook WMA
Zzzzzzz Nod Brook WMA, Avon & Simsbury May 2012 I originally wrote this in 2012 when Nod Brook was listed on the Simsbury Land Trust list of places to hike. Now it's 2019 I revisited to see if I'd missed anything. The roads into here are terrible, and... you don't care. Just read about this place I guess. Nod … [Read more...]
Camp Columbia State Park
Camp Columbia State Park Morris June 18, 2011 This is a funny one. It’s one of Connecticut’s many “undeveloped” state parks – but has a really cool thing in it that makes it one of the “undeveloped” parks well worth visiting. In fact, for the first time in my life, I wasn’t alone in an undeveloped state park! … [Read more...]
Camp Columbia Tower
Watch Your Step Camp Columbia State Park Tower June 18, 2011 (Officially Closed) Stone Tower [Update: The tower was open in 2014, though I doubt the state has officially made this "climbable."] As this tower sits atop a small hill in what is now a state park, and as the writer of this website I must make … [Read more...]
George Waldo State Park
Where’s Waldo State Park It’s in Southbury, CT January 14, 2012 Another one of Connecticut’s “undeveloped” state parks, I stopped by here after a longer hike down along the Pomperaug Trail and some time watching bald eagles at Shepaug Dam. The park is easy to find, but alas, there’s not much to do. … [Read more...]
Metacomet Trail: Section 11
Section 11: You Can't Pen These Woods Penwood State Park to Farmington River, 6.2 miles, Simsbury & Bloomfield October 2011 2019 Update: This section was written up in 2011, shortly before I started converting everything to a larger format, so please forgive the tiny pictures. If you want to start at the beginning … [Read more...]
Sleeping Giant: Green and White Trails
SGSP E-W Traverse 3 (Green and White Trails) Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, ~5 miles total (solo) May 1, 2011 As I do not have any idea what – if anything – you’ve previously read regarding my various hikes through Sleeping Giant State Park (on my way to becoming a, -pause-, Giant Master!), allow me to catch … [Read more...]
Harkness Memorial State Park
Harkness Memorial State Park Waterford May 2011 This is a page I wrote long ago that doesn't really follow my usual state park template, but it's not terrible and you're here, so... here you go. All other Harkness pages are here. Harkness is not your typical Connecticut state park. There are no hills to … [Read more...]
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