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The Canaan Conundrum

July 13, 2022 by Steve 2 Comments

The Canaanites Canaan, North Canaan, New Canaan, East Canaan, ... and Falls Village As a non-Connecticut native, I'm not qualified to write this. Quite simply, I can't make sense of it. Then again, as an outsider, I can see the issue for what it is: stupid. Let's dispense with New Canaan off the bat, as it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, Geography, New Post Tagged With: Canaan, geo-oddities, Litchfield County, North Canaan, town essays

Silver Sands State Park

September 30, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

TomboLOL Silver Sands State Park, Milford August 2021 Spend a day hanging out with a 10-year-old and you might be shocked at how differently they see the world. Take, for instance, Silver Sands State Park. I've been excited to come here for the better part of a decade. Calvin had never heard of it. Why was I so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Birds, Calvin, Dubious Claims, Hikes with my Boys, Islands, Milford, natural area preserve, New Haven County

New Haven County Highpoint: Lindsley Hill

June 28, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Southwest Lindsley Hill Peaks New Haven County Highpoint (1,050 Feet), Wolcott June 2020 In county highpointing circles, Connecticut's counties are always called "county equivalents" or sometimes just "counties" with the scare quotes. County counters and county highpointers are sticklers for nomenclature - and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Peakbagging Tagged With: CT county highpoints, highpointing, New Haven County, peakbagging, Wolcott

South Meadows/Keeney Point/Hockanum Meadow

June 17, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

The Wethersfield Triangle Keeney Point/Hockanum Meadow, East Hartford, Glastonbury, Wethersfield November 2020 People often ask me how I continue to get excited about hikes in Connecticut. Especially anywhere outside of northwestern Connecticut. My answer is always the same: I like to try to find what's unique … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Geography, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: East Hartford, geo-oddities, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Wethersfield

Lakes Leakalot and Leakalot More

April 28, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Lakes Leakalot and Leakalot More Eastford If you happen to be reading this and haven't read much else on this website, I promise you that this page isn't indicative of the typical high quality content on CTMQ. Okay, that's not actually true. Sure, I've been to hundreds of museums and I sometimes use big words, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, New Post Tagged With: Eastford, geo-oddities, Windham County

Beetle Bung Pond

February 25, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Beetle Bung Pond Middlebury Beetle Bung Pond is an inherently funny name for a pond. Funny enough for me to make my way into the northern Middlebury woods to stand upon its murky shoreline and then to dedicate an entire CTMQ page about it. Beetle Bung Pond. Beetle Bung. Beetle. Bung. But here’s the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Middlebury, New Haven County

New Haven Looks Like a Wallaby

October 19, 2019 by Steve 2 Comments

New Haven Looks Like a Wallaby New Haven really does look like a wallaby. And a reader alerted me to a graphic designer who figured out that New Haven looks like a wallaby as well. Shout out to HayHay Design in New Haven. Which looks like a wallaby. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography Tagged With: geo-oddities, New Haven, New Haven County

Plymabama

September 3, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Plymabama... Alabamouth? Plymouth I notice things. Oftentimes, the things I notice are pure nonsense. Take, for example, this entire page. The joke here is, “Plymouth really is the Alabama of Connecticut!” Then I show you this: Then we all laugh because Plymouth really is the Alabama of Connecticut! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, New Post Tagged With: alabama, Litchfield County, Plymouth

The Ellington Eight

March 4, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

Just a Quirk of Geography Ellington 2021 update: While this page is cute, and I'll keep it for posterity, I now realize that Middletown borders eight towns too (with a river separation), but more importantly, Glastonbury borders 10 - three across the river. Oh well. There are two towns in Connecticut that border … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, New Post Tagged With: Ellington, geo-oddities, Tolland County

Top 10 Fake CT Towns

December 30, 2017 by Steve 15 Comments

I Was Bored "Fake towns" is a bit harsh, as these are very real places. And really, not too many people are confusing them with the "real" towns in which they are located. I am purposely ignoring the "big" fake towns (Danielson, Willimantic, Mystic, Rockville, Winsted, Storrs) because they aren't all that fun for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic, Everything Else, Geography, New Post Tagged With: geo-oddities

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