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Indian Chair & Table Rock

April 22, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

Pull Up a Chair to the Table Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret There's more than two named rocks at Mashamoquet Brook State Park, but you've chosen to read this page, so I won't hold you back... Indian Chair It’s a rock. Shaped like a chair. It’s in the middle of the woods at Mashamoquet Brook State Park … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Cool Geology, Cool Rocks, Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret

Southford Falls

April 9, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

Southford Falls State Park Oxford April 2, 2011 For more on Southford Falls State Park, check out my dedicated park page. For more on the Southford Falls Watchtower, check out my dedicated tower page. As I start writing this, I realize that for some reason Damian always seems to be with me on waterfall … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Justin Coleman Photography, Oxford, Southbury, southford falls, southford falls state park, Waterfalls

Southford Falls Watchtower

April 5, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

Southford Falls Watchtower Southford Falls State Park, Oxford Metal Fire Tower (~25 feet) on Unnamed hill (not too high) This page is only about the Southford Falls State Park's watchtowner. For more on the falls themselves, go here. For more on the state park, go here. And for a more recent trip to the watchtower … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Observation Towers, Oxford, southford falls state park

Castle Craig

April 3, 2011 by Steve 3 Comments

Castle Craig Meriden Stone Tower (~32 feet) on East Peak (976 feet) Perhaps the goofiest name of all the towers in the state, Castle Craig is also one of the most accessible. Visitors can drive right up to the base (almost) of it. Reservoir Road up to the tower is only open April to October from 10-4:45 each day, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Castles, Great Views, Hoang, Meriden, Metacomet Trail, Observation Towers

Heublein Tower

April 2, 2011 by Steve 4 Comments

Heublein Tower on Talcott Mountain Simsbury Stone Tower (165 feet) on Talcott Mountain summit (1000 feet) For everything else at Talcott Mountain State Park, go here. I don’t know which of CT’s lookout towers is the most visited, but surely it’s either this one or perhaps Sleeping Giant’s. I would guess … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Great Views, Metacomet Trail, Observation Towers, Simsbury, Talcott Mountain State Park

Sleeping Giant Tower

April 1, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

Sleeping Giant Lookout Tower Hamden Stone Tower (~38 feet) on Sleeping Giant’s Hip (~769 feet) For more on one particular hike up to the tower (mine), go here. For another hike up to the tower with my sons, go here. Ah, the venerable stone tower on the Giant. I would guess that this is the most visited … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Giant Master, Great Views, Hamden, Hikes with my Boys, national recreation trail, Observation Towers, Sleeping Giant State Park

179. Marsh Botanical Garden Greenhouses

March 25, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

Not Just Marsh Plants New Haven (Google Maps location) August 4, 2010 I went to a lot of places on August 4, 2010. It was my one day per year I purposely take off from work in order to visit as many weekday-only joints and I was on the go all day. I went to a few places you wouldn't necessarily call museums, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Museums Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, Gardens, Greenhouses, New Haven, Not Really a Museum Museum, Plants, Yale

NHL: Othniel Charles Marsh House (Marsh Hall)

March 25, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

CT National Historic Landmark Marsh Hall 360 Prospect Street, New Haven I just got done writing up another New Haven NHL, the James Dwight Dana House. (CTMQ Visit here.) I claimed it to be my favorite one to learn about. I claimed too soon I think… Because I’m loving this Marsh guy. I already knew a bunch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, CT Dino Trail, Dinosaurs, National Historic Landmarks, New Haven, Yale

First Agricultural Station in US

March 24, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

In CAES You Didn't Know... CT Agricultural Experimental Station New Haven Some CTMQ readers may roll their eyes at this one, but you really shouldn't. To put science to work for society, the Connecticut Agricultural General Assembly chartered The Station to investigate plant and their pests, insects, soil, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, New Haven, Yale

NHL: CT Agricultural Experimental Station

March 24, 2011 by Steve 3 Comments

CT National Historic Landmark Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station 123 Huntington St, New Haven Yet another (sorta) Yale-New Haven associated National Historic Landmark that I could put on the "Historic science sites around town" tour. This one is a double whammy: Not only is it a National Historic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, National Historic Landmarks, New Haven, Yale

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