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Connecticut Hiking Challenges & Rewards

Sessions Woods WMA

February 12, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hiking Sessions Session Woods WMA Multiple hikes You know what the most ridiculous thing you’ll read today is? This: I don’t think anyone else has ever used “Hiking Sessions” as a title for a description of hiking at Sessions Woods. What the heck is wrong with people? Is there really any other title for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Burlington, Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hoang, Nature Centers, Observation Towers, sessions woods wma, State WMA, Tunxis Trail

Sleeping Giant: Yellow and Violet Trails

January 1, 2011 by Steve 2 Comments

SGSP E-W Traverse 1 (Yellow and Violet Trails) Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, 5.4 miles total (solo) December 23, 2010 Not too many people get excited for gray and chilly late December jaunts in central Connecticut, but I do. Perhaps because I hadn’t been hiking in Connecticut in forever. What the heck … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Giant Master, Great Views, Hamden, national recreation trail, Sleeping Giant State Park

Tunxis Burlington Region: Purple, Red, Orange, & Green Dot Trails

August 14, 2008 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Burlington, nassahegon state forest, Satan!, Tunxis Trail

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