No Need For a Porter Here Stout Family Fields, ~.4 mile, Bloomfield January 2020 On their own, the 13-acres of Stout Family Fields isn't the most exciting place to go for a walk. You walk up a slope towards the trees and are afforded a decent little view across Bloomfield towards Hartford. If you're into … [Read more...]
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Darien Land Trust’s Trails Intro
Darien Land Trust Darien Suffice it to say, Darien Land Trust has a few bucks. Probably more than your town’s land trust. Perhaps even more than your town, period. Such is life in Darien. Which is pronounced “Dairy-Ann” which is important to know if you look like me and are “caught” hiking their immaculate trails … [Read more...]
Wolcott Land Conservation Trust
Wolcott Land Conservation Trust Wolcott I feel kind of bad for the WLCT. I mean, they’re cool and all and they have land holdings and Wolcott has its natural features, but… but their largest holding is Hitchcock Lake. And Hitchcock Lake is surrounded by homes. It’s a lovely lake to be sure, but there’s no hiking … [Read more...]
Cheshire Land Trust Intro
Cheshire Land Trust Cheshire Cheshire's kind of a neat town in terms of its geography. It's big, flat town with a steep wall making its western border. Like, "Come, enjoy Cheshire... just don't go west." Of course, that western ridge offers some of the best views and hiking in this part of the state. I'm not … [Read more...]
Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut Trust Trails
Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut Trust Bristol & Burlington Hi. What are you doing here? I don’t know what I’m doing here, so you really need to question your life. This is one of those hopelessly confusing things that I spend way too much time trying to sort out. The ELCCT owns two nature centers … [Read more...]
Wilton Land Conservation Trust Intro
Wilton Land Conservation Trust Wilton I originally had a few more trailed properties on this page. Then when I looked at what the town of Wilton claimed, I removed a few. By “claimed” I mean that Wilton the town claimed some of the land that the WLCT has listed on their site as their properties. Wilton … [Read more...]
Tariffville Gorge Trails
An Ever Source of Confusion Tariffville Gorge, East Granby April 2019 The Eversource Land Trust is one of those entities that sort of exists on the fringes of CTMQ-land. It's real, and it's exactly what it sounds like: the massive utility company puts some land here and there into trust. Then they pretend they are … [Read more...]
JT: Utley Hill Preserve/Recreation Park
Chasing Utley Joshua's Trust Utley Hill Preserve & Recreation Park, Columbia July & September 2019 This is a Joshua's Trust property. At the risk of making this page more confusing than it needs to be, I’ll try to explain what’s going on here as succinctly as possible. Joshua’s Trust owns a parcel of land … [Read more...]
James Property
Jamesy-Pie Simsbury Land Trust's James Property, Simsbury October 2015 My younger son Calvin has a friend named James and he calls him Jamesy-Pie for some reason that no one can explain. It is not said as an insult; it's actually used endearingly the best as I can tell, and Jamesy-Pie doesn't mind it. … [Read more...]
GLT: Fox Brook Preserve
Gosh Darn Nice Goshen Land Trust, Goshen, 0.7 Miles March 2016 When you skim this page it will have no effect on you. And it shouldn’t. It’s just another short little trail you’ll likely never seek out featuring a little boy you’ll never know. But a lot of my inspiration to write up all the stuff that I do really … [Read more...]
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