Great Hike? Or Greatest Hike? McLean Game Refuge (West), Simsbury & Granby October 2008 Note that this was written in 2008 and you're only getting tiny picture formats. Also, much has changed at McLean since that time. New Trails, retired trails, new trail blazing, and new attitude towards connecting trails. … [Read more...]
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McLean Game Refuge Trails
McLean Game Refuge Simsbury/Granby, about 13 Miles total October 2008 & July 2018 One of the nicer and more popular hiking areas in north-central Connecticut, McLean has always been a bit of a bugaboo for me. It's creation and governance is a bit unique which figures heavily in my feelings towards it. In short, … [Read more...]
Alain and May White Nature Trails
Rub a Dub Dub, Five Trails and a Tub Torrington, 4.1 Miles or so September 13, 2008 Having been sufficiently warmed up by my 2.1 mile hike hike down the John Muir Trail, I was ready to tackle the tangle of the Alain and May White Nature Trails, all within Sunnybrook State Park. There are five trails here, plus a … [Read more...]
Mattabesett Trail: Section 7
Section 7: Not Resting on my Mountain Laurels Harvey Road - Seven Falls (Route 154), 7.2 Miles September 21, 2008 Continuing along the Mattabesett, still in Durham, but later crossing into Haddam, the woods are mostly populated by mountain laurel, maples, and beeches. Lots and lots of laurel abounds. I'm sure … [Read more...]
John Muir Trail
What's the Muiral of this Story? Torrington, 2.11 Miles September 2008 "These beautiful days much enrich all my life. They do not exist as mere pictures... but they saturate themselves into every part of the body and live always." - John Muir. Why is there a short little rarely hiked trail in Torrington … [Read more...]
Mattabesett Trail: Section 6
Section 6: That's Mica, alLedgedly Lone Pine Trailhead (east) - Harvey Road, 7.9 Miles September 1, 2008 This section has a fairly significant reroute between Mt. Pigah and Harvey Road. Another holiday weekend, another beautiful day here in Connecticut. Time to lace up the trail shoes, fill up the water … [Read more...]
Mattabesett Trail: Section 5
Section 5: A Fun Hike; No Bluffing Stagecoach Road - Lone Pine Trailhead (East), 6 miles August 1, 2008 Life is about decisions. Decisions like, "Can I hike 10.6 miles after work in August?" Apparently, I told myself that I could. I neglected to factor in the 35 minute drive to the trailhead and that other … [Read more...]
Mattabesett Trail: Section 4
Section 4: A Real Pistol-Paug 7 Miles, Wallingford & Durham July 2008 Routes 157/68 to Stage Coach Road Phew! It's a hot one! No, not so much the 95-degree heat that I decided was fine to hike in... but the heated local debate about the Blue Trail gun range all-too-near the Mattabesett Trail on this, my … [Read more...]
Lone Pine Trail
In the Pine, In the Pine... Where the Sun Never Shines Madison & Guilford, 4.1 miles, solo August 1, 2008 I'll say it... This is not my favorite trail in Connecticut. Now that that's out of the way, you ask, "Why?" Was it the fact that there were zero views? That dusk set in about halfway through? That my … [Read more...]
Tunxis Burlington Region: Purple, Red, Orange, & Green Dot Trails
A Devil of a Time; a Helluva Hike Burlington, 6 trails, ~10 miles June 29, 2008 [2015 Update: In late 2014, the Tunxis Trail in Burlington got a makeover. I’ve corrected and updated all my relevant pages to better fit the new reality in the woods and on the maps. So if some of this sounds clunky, that’s why. … [Read more...]
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