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State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites
State Highpointing Intro
Why State Highpointing?
Land Trust Trails
Connecticut Hiking Challenges & Rewards
CFPA Trails & The Blue Trails Challenge
Town Owned Trails
Peakbagging Tallies
Highpointing and Peak-Bagging Intro

Cedar Mountain and Balf Nature Preserve

January 26, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Okay Balf Cedar Mountain and Balf Nature Preserve, Newington January 2023 If you happen to be a Newington resident and have read some of the other pages I've written about Newington trails, you're probably gritting your teeth preparing for another smarmy screed from me. I can hear you from here... "here we go, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Great Views, Hartford County, Newington

Newington Greenway

January 22, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

F Greenway Trail Newington Greenway, Newington January 2023 If you have found yourself on this page, congratulations! It's one of those that I've written and published but didn't give it tags to stand out on the site and I never mentioned it on social media. In fact, it's one of those pages I shouldn't be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, Newington

Indian Hill Trail

January 19, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Proper Troll Indian Hill Trail, Newington January 2023 Oh Newington, you vexing mistress, you. First, you go and elect a guy with my name as mayor (He didn't run in 2016, but whatever). Then you claim to have the "world's smallest waterfall" which is just the dumbest thing - that screams out for me to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, Newington

Evergreen Walk Trail

January 17, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

It's a Walk... Walk Evergreen Walk, South Windsor January 2023 Walk enough urban trails around Connecticut and you'll get cynical about these things too. On the one hand, it's great that this and other similar trails exist at all, but on the other hand, I can't help but thinking the only reason they exist is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, South Windsor

Avalonia: Fennerswood Preserve

January 11, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Coming Up Daisy Fennerswood Preserve, Stonington November 2022 You all should know that I love the Avalonia Land Conservancy. Their advocacy, their reach, their passion, their website... all absolutely top notch. And they have a ton of properties all over southeastern Connecticut. And when an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Avalonia Land Conservancy, New London County, Stonington

Robert Stanley Nature Trail

January 9, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mighty Phragmites Robert Stanley Nature Trail, Newington January 2023 Newington has a lot of sports fields for a town its size. It doesn't have very many trailed properties, but it does publish a trails guide. Most of the hikes in that guide are walks along suburban streets to connect the town's parks. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, Newington

Mattatuck Trail: Section 1

January 3, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Cruising in a Plymouth 7.4 Miles, Wolcott & Plymouth December 2022 When I begin a new longer-distance trail, I often think about the people who rush to rip through certain hiking challenges. Surely there are Blue Trails Challenge hikers who try to get through the CFPA's nearly 1,000 miles of trails in just a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Cool Rocks, Litchfield County, mattatuck state forest, Mattatuck Trail, New Haven County, Plymouth, Wolcott

Avalonia: Knox Preserve

December 15, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Knoxing About Knox Preserve, Stonington November 2022 Everyone knows I love Stonington. Heck, everyone loves Stonington. How could you not love Stonington? Stonington is so cool that even the little one mile (in total) trail network squeezed in between the town's oldest cemetery, Route 1, and the active … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Avalonia Land Conservancy, New London County, Stonington

NCLC: Hauser Nature Preserve

December 12, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

CTMQ in the Hauser Hauser Nature Preserve, Litchfield November 2022 Ooohhhh, I don't know. This is one of those trails and hikes that are there and therefore I walked it. Don't get me wrong - it's quite nice! But every now and again it hits me that I'm out here bouncing around the state hiking trails that no one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Litchfield, Litchfield County, northwest connecticut land conservancy

Finch Brook Preserve

December 7, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mario HiKarting Finch Brook Preserve, Wolcott November 2022 This trail is bonkers. Really and truly bonkers. It is a designed as a 2.6 mile go-kart track... but for hiking. You will get dizzy walking the loop. You will have visions of "cheating" by cutting corners. You will read poetry and cross into Waterbury for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: New Haven County, Wolcott

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