Hunting for Trails Durham Meadows WMA, Durham September 2023 When I put together my CTMQ Town Guides for each of our 169 towns, I do my best to capture everything germane to what it is I do. When it comes to hiking, I tend to be way too thorough. There's a sort of hierarchy to these things, and state-owned … [Read more...]
Nehantic State Forest Intro
Nehantic State Forest Lyme & East Lyme A couple nice trails are blazed through these woods, which are lovely woods... but not much more than that. Nehantic was the first state forest in New London County, and has all been purchased since 1925. Considerable difficulty was experienced in selecting the site. Although … [Read more...]
Rocky Neck State Park Intro
Rocky Neck State Park East Lyme Here we are... at Connecticut's "other" big beach state park. Hammonnasett's kid brother. Everything here is smaller... or lacking. Hammonnasett got a brand new updated nature center right around when Rocky Neck's was shuttered. The beach here is much smaller. The parking lot is tiny … [Read more...]
Mashamoquet Brook State Park Trails
Do The Mash...amoquet Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret April & July 2011, August 2017 I've hiked the 6.5 miles of trails at Mashamoquet at different times and for different reasons. This page is a combination of previously published slightly divergent pages. I don't know for sure, but Mashamoquet might be … [Read more...]
Wharton Brook State Park & Pitch Pine Natural Area Preserve
Pitch Imperfect Wharton Brook State Park & Pitch Pine Natural Area Preserve, North Haven & Wallingford April 2023 Central Connecticut took a serious hit in May 2018 from a rather strong tornado. It took down a ton of trees at Sleeping Giant State Park and continued eastward to Wallingford where it heavily damaged … [Read more...]
American Legion & Peoples State Forests Intro
American Legion & Peoples State Forests Barkhamsted The state bundles these two forests together online and on maps and... well, I guess that's all that matters to me. They are certainly contiguous, split by the west branch of the Farmington River. Most of the "stuff" is in Peoples, but my favorite trail here is in … [Read more...]
Mashamoquet Brook State Park Intro
Mashamoquet Brook State Park Pomfret Ignoring the two state parks in my proverbial backyard... and ignoring Hammonassett Beach... I think I've been to Mashamoquet more than any other state park. Weird, right? Out in Pomfret? Yeah, we used to go there all the time on the UConn cycling team on hilly Route 44 … [Read more...]
Putnam Memorial State Park Intro
Putnam Memorial State Park Bethel & Redding Is it me or do all of the state parks out in this part of the state cross town lines? This one is half in Redding and half in Bethel. It was the site of the Continental Army's 1779 winter encampment under the command of General Israel Putnam. The site consists of remains … [Read more...]
West Rock Ridge State Park Intro
West Rock Ridge State Park Hamden & New haven Is West Rock a monolith? I guess it's not geologically speaking, but let's say it colloquially is. West Rock Ridge rises from nearly sea-level sharply to 400-feet of elevation at the South Summit in New Haven to 700-feet of elevation at High Rock in Bethany on the … [Read more...]
Nipmuck State Forest: Breakneck Pond Trails
Al Breakyerneck Nipmuck State Forest Breakneck Pond Trails, Union & Woodstock June & October 2022 Finally. I'm finally finishing up my hikes (and write-ups) at the massive block of undeveloped land along the Massachusetts border in Union. Most people consider this whole area Bigelow Hollow State Park, but in … [Read more...]
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