Connecticut Georgraphic Extremes, Oddities, and History Oh... And Islands of Note I've always been map-obsessed and I don't have to tell you that I love lists. So here's my own list of what I define as the interesting geographic points in Connecticut... and beyond. Jump to: Geographic Extremes Geographic … [Read more...]
Lakes Leakalot and Leakalot More
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...]
Beetle Bung Pond
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...]
New Haven Looks Like a Wallaby
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...]
Plymabama
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...]
The Ellington Eight
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...]
Top 10 Fake CT Towns
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...]
CT County Highpoints
Yeah, I Promised Myself I’d Never Do This Eight Pseudo-County Highpoints in Connecticut You read that title correctly. But here I am, writing the introductory page of the list of the 8 Connecticut County highpoints. Heck, I have all sorts of dumb lists that I’m doing, and this one isn’t even the worst. … [Read more...]
Enders Island
This Is It: The Enders Enders Island, Mystic May 16, 2015 Every once in a while I'm tasked with writing a page that I find difficult to write for reasons that may surprise you. In this case, it's because Enders Island is a confusing, strange, stunningly beautiful, relatively unknown, mixed bag of a place - with a … [Read more...]
Easternmost Point in Connecticut
The Beast of the East Angle Bound q, Sterling August 4, 2012 [This directional extreme was visited in Dagobah-like humidity during the Connecticut Extreme Geo-Tour 2012 with the most excellent Tom from Twelve-Mile Circle and the equally excellent Scott from The Scenic Drive. The were the extremely generous winning … [Read more...]
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