Aw, Cuss. Cusgutter Falls, Bristol March 22, 2008 Falls Facts: Long 300-foot series of little cascades For a longer description of the hike on the Cascade and other Tunxis Regional Trails in Southington and Bristol, go here. Aw, cuss... I’m writing up these falls in 2016. I hiked past them nearly eight … [Read more...]
Gorge Cascade Falls
I Saw a Gorge At Least Gorge Cascade Falls, Hamden July 17, 2011 Falls Facts: Seasonal, 25-foot-high cascade For a longer description of the hike on the Red Circle Trail at Sleeping Giant, go here. It's a bit silly of me to write up these falls with only my one visit to them under my belt. For the simple … [Read more...]
Spruce Glen Falls
Fall Away From the Highway Spruce Glen Falls, Wallingford January 3, 2016 When I found my way to the end of an industrial road in Wallingford and set out on my hike around the Orchard-Spruce Glen land trust property, I had no idea people would actually care. I can never predict which things I write about … [Read more...]
Cascades Near Balance Rock Road
No, Really, It's Called "Cascades Near Balance Rock Road" Hartland October 2013 Hoo boy, this entry is a bit of a stretch. I’m not sure anyone would qualify these cascades as being worthy of inclusion in a book about Connecticut’s waterfalls, but here they are. Granted, I’m sure they are more impressive after … [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...]
Evil, Colebrook
Evil lurks in the woods of Connecticut. While poking around my favorite area of Connecticut (the woods in the northwest eighth of the state), I came across Evil. At first I was a bit surprised. I mean, no one lives in Colebrook… So why would Evil choose to live there? Being evil alone is kind of dumb. As luck … [Read more...]
10 Highest CT Peaks
"Because They're There" Ten Highest Peaks in Connecticut I was engaged in a Twitter "conversation" this morning about a random trail in Portland. Somehow, I ended up on the Meshomasic Hiking Club's website and saw in their "Year in Review" that they had a difficult hike up a thing called Gridley Mountain. … [Read more...]
Sessions Woods/Negro Hill Brook Falls
Falls so Cool They be Ice Sessions Woods Falls, Burlington February 1, 2014 [Note: For my Waterfalls pages, I’m using the town designation used by the Connecticut Waterfalls 2013 guidebook. Because sometimes it’s fun. But not really now, except it notes that they are “south of Burlington," which would mean … [Read more...]
Westledge Trail Falls
Falls Along Westledge Trail Unnamed/Northgate Falls, Simsbury October 2008 These falls are included in the new (2013) Connecticut Waterfalls guidebook, so I’m adding this page several years after visiting. And since I’m lazy, I’m not going to go find the CD that contains the original pictures to give you the … [Read more...]
Wintergreen Falls
It's Winter, but not Green Wintergreen Falls, New Haven January 17, 2014 Another day out in Connecticut's most interesting city with the boys... which included the two trails at West Rock Nature Center. Note: This is a wholly different place than West Rock Ridge State Park. The State Park has had its own … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- …
- 9
- Next Page »