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CFPA Trails & The Blue Trails Challenge

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CFPA Trails & The Blue Trails Challenge

Connecticut Forest & Parks Association Trails 2006 - Skip Intro and Jump down to Trail List CTMQ’s Massive Connecticut hiking table of contents is here. There are nearly 1,000 miles of CFPA hiking trails in many different towns in little ol' Connecticut. This list follows the organization's Blue Trails … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge

Metacomet Trail: Section 14

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Metacomet Trail: Section 14

Section 14: A Jog by the Jog Route 20 to Rising Corner Road (MA), 7.8 Miles September 2, 2020 This is it. This is the end. What began on April 29, 2007 on the Berlin Turnpike across from a (now closed) stripclub, ended on a beautiful late summer day near the Massachusetts state line. Thirteen and a half years. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Calvin, East Granby, Great Views, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Hoang, Metacomet Trail, New England National Scenic Trail, Suffield

East-West Trail Intro

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East-West Trail Intro

East-West Trail Bloomfield to Cornwall, ~60 miles Began: June 2019 Completed: Note: This trail does not yet exist! It won’t be the longest trail in the state and it won’t even be all new trail. But for whatever reason, I’ve been obsessed with CFPA’s proposed hypothetical East-West Trail since I first heard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Barkhamsted, Bloomfield, Colebrook, Cornwall, east-west trail, Granby, Norfolk, Simsbury

Quinnipiac Trail Intro

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Quinnipiac Trail Intro

Quinnipiac Trail Hamden, Cheshire, Bethany, Prospect, 18.3 Miles Began: October 2012 Completed: The Quinnipiac Trail is the oldest in the Connecticut Blue-Blazed Hiking Trail System, which is to say, it’s really old. Many tens of thousands of people have hiked at least a part of the trail since its creation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Bethany, Blue Trails Challenge, Cheshire, Hamden, Prospect, Quinnipiac Trail

Mile of Ledges

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Mile of Ledges

Miles of Smiles Mile of Ledges, Burlington September 29, 2018 It is quite rare for me to revisit something for this site. With so much still to do, it simply doesn’t make logistical sense to spend an afternoon retracing steps or re-experiencing a museum. But sometimes it’s the right and best thing to do. Such was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Burlington, Calvin, Cool Geology, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Tunxis Trail

Metacomet Trail: Section 13

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Metacomet Trail: Section 13

Section 13: "Hike Like a Monkey!" Hatchett Hill Rd to Route 20, 2.3 miles September 1, 2018 Has it really been almost a year since our last Metacomet section hike? Yes. But I don't care. This day may have been the first opportunity to hike with Hoang in that intervening 11 months! And I'm glad we took … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Calvin, East Granby, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Hoang, Metacomet Trail, National Scenic Trails, New England National Scenic Trail

McLean Game Refuge: Pine Cone Trail

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McLean Game Refuge: Pine Cone Trail

McDone Granby, ~3 miles, solo July 21, 2018 Y'know... I've given McLean the business over the last decade for some of their policies. Notably, that they "disallow" any trails to connect in to their property and trails. This is a terrible policy because McLean is literally surrounded by some incredible trailed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: enders state forest, Granby, Hartford County, McLean Game Refuge

Ledge Road Connector Trail

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Ledge Road Connector Trail

Oh Boy. Ledge Road Connector Trail & Boy Rock/Great Stone Face Sunset Rock State Park, Plainville July 2018 Cutting to the chase - the purpose of this page's existence really has nothing to do with the trail of the title. I've hiked this trail before, way back in 2007 with Hoang. When I edited that page in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, CFPA Hikes, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Cool Rocks, Hartford County, Metacomet Trail, Plainville, sunset rock state park

I AM A GIANT MASTER

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I AM A GIANT MASTER

Master What? I AM A GIANT MASTER Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden I have done a lot of things for CTMQ. I am inarguably the first/only person to have done a lot of things I have done. I rarely think and don’t really care about hardly any of that stuff though. However, I very much do care about being the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Giant Master, Hamden, national recreation trail, New Haven County, Sleeping Giant State Park

Sleeping Giant: Quinnipiac/Blue Trail

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Sleeping Giant: Quinnipiac/Blue Trail

SGSP E-W Traverse (Quinnipiac/Blue Trail) and Connectors Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, ~4.5 miles total (solo) October 20, 2012 This page is a couple of things: The completion of my Sleeping Giant State Park Giant Master challenge and the beginning of my Quinnipiac Trail hike. It’s not as confusing as it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Giant Master, Great Views, Hamden, national recreation trail, New Haven County, Observation Towers, Quinnipiac Trail, Sleeping Giant State Park

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