Sherwood Island State Park Westport I know it says "intro" above, but this page is more of an "intro and long-winded history" of Sherwood Island State Park. And that's fine, right? If you're looking for something specific though, perhaps these other pages I wrote will help: Sherwood Island Trails Sherwood … [Read more...]
Haystack Mountain State Park
Haystack Mountain State Park Norfolk October 2010 [There are other Haystack Mountain pages if you're interested in more.] One way in which I may differ from you: After a somewhat difficult hike out in the Catskills and a two-plus hour drive back towards home, I decided on a whim to climb another mountain. Why … [Read more...]
175. Sherwood Island State Park Nature Center
Wanna Go to the Nature Center? I Sher Wood! Westport (Google Maps location) July 18, 2010 CTMQ's Sherwood Island State Park Intro I purposely waited until autumn to write about Sherwood Island. I figure that anyone looking for a very clean, uncrowded and very pretty beach in Connecticut won’t find this now … [Read more...]
Art Trail Viewpoint: Sherwood Island
Sherwood Island Viewpoint CT Art Trail Viewpoint Sherwood Island State Park, Westport, July 2010 I drove the family all the way to Sherwood Island beach in Westport for three reasons: 1) It’s a nice enough beach, 2) It has a nature center and 3) it’s part of the Impressionist Art Trail Viewpoint Addendum Trail … [Read more...]
Mount Tom State Park
Good Ol' Tom Litchfield, Morris, Washington July 2010 This is perhaps the easiest state park write-up in the state. Why? Because it’s small and there are two activities here. I did both on a sunny Saturday in July while Hoang and Damian stuck to the one they most enjoy: hitting the beach. As a kid I was … [Read more...]
Day Pond State Park
Day Pond State Park Colchester There are hiking trails at Day Pond, but the park is very small and those trails almost all head off into the Salmon River State Forest, which is where you'll find my descriptions of them. Who spends the Fourth of July at some podunk little pond in the podunk town of … [Read more...]
State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites
Stately List State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, Natural Area Preserves, Wildlife Management & Field Trial Areas, & Campsites This page was a huge mess for CTMQ’s first 10 years. Connecticut makes such a simple sounding list incredibly difficult to organize for a bunch of reasons that you don’t care about. … [Read more...]
Topsmead Cottage
Totally Tops Topsmead Cottage, Litchfield (Location) October 2009 Connecticut museum visit #141. I used to maintain a personalized list on CTMQ called "Hidden Gems." After a while, however, I realized that there were just too many and defining what was hidden became impossible - especially in the Internet Age. … [Read more...]
Shenipsit Trail: Section 3
A Seriously Mixed Bag 12.2 Miles in Manchester, Bolton, & Vernon March 2010 I’m glad I had a partner for this hike – the learned Dennis Paul Himes (trailname: Cumulus) – or else I may have gone crazy. For this is one very strange stretch of the Shenipsit. Four towns, three town parks, two state parks, two … [Read more...]
Squaw Cave
A Solution (Cave) for the Homeless Squaw Cave, Bolton April 1, 2010 Note: I enjoyed my title so much that I've decided to keep it, even though the entire premise turned out to be totally wrong. Just keep reading and you'll see at the bottom that I sorted it all out. Over the years of writing this website, … [Read more...]
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