Gobsmacked Hockanum River Trail: Town Hall, East Hartford ~0.5 miles, May 2019 If you are reading my thru-hike of the Hockanum River Trail in order (generally south to north), you have already read the Meadow Hill Trail page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. Better yet, start at the beginning with … [Read more...]
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Hockanum River Trail 1: Meadow Hill
Starting Off with a Bang Hockanum River Trail: Meadow Hill, East Hartford 1 mile, May 2019 Hello. Thank you for being here. The journey you’re about to take with me is a crazy one. What follows are two dozen write-ups of the 24 sections of the wondrous, insane, vexing, perplexing, hilarious, impressive, and … [Read more...]
Kent Land Trust Intro
Kent Land Trust Kent, Cornwall, Warren, & New York Everyone loves Kent, right? It has it all: funky little downtown with bistros and art galleries, winding backroads to nowhere, and natural beauty that is tough to beat anywhere in Connecticut. In fact, Yankee Magazine chose Kent as “New England’s Ultimate Fall … [Read more...]
Pond Mountain Trust Intro
Pond Mountain Trust Kent There’s a lot of crazy good going on here at Pond Mountain in Kent. It’s beautiful for one, and it has a nice network of trails that go places. In fact, you could go to Georgia via the Pond Mountain Natural Area property if you want. Or Katahdin in Maine. For yes, the Pond Mountain … [Read more...]
Gather New Haven
Gather New Haven New Haven It’s tough to be an urban land trust. For obvious reasons, obviously. Because Connecticut’s cities are so geographically small, very few have much in the way of greenspace. New Haven benefits from its location – not only being a coastal city, but three rivers course through town to the … [Read more...]
East Haven Land Trust Intro
East Haven Land Trust East Haven Yes, you mopes, East Haven has a land trust. A rather active one at that. The oversee/own a whole slew of parcels around the town. What’s that? Half of them are less than an acre? Oh. Actually, so what. That’s how a land trust builds and grows and how larger parcels of land … [Read more...]
Land Trust of West Haven Intro
Land Trust of West Haven West Haven West Haven, one of the our state's four havens, isn't too much of a haven for open enjoying open space for hiking. West Haven is home to the longest stretch of public beach in the state, so there is beautiful open space here, just not your typical land trust open … [Read more...]
Four Okay TRLC East Granby Hikes
If You Can't Trust a Land Trust... Four (Former) East Granby Land Trust Hikes April 2019 The East Granby Land Trust became part of the Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy in 2023. One assumes these trailed properties will remain the same: Ian Clarke Preserve (Formerly Newgate Farms) Eastfield Farms Great … [Read more...]
Four TRLC East Granby Trails to Skip
If You Can't Trust a Land Trust... Four (Former) East Granby Land Trust Hikes April 2019 The East Granby Land Trust became part of the Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy in 2023. One assumes these trailed properties will remain the same: Donald and Barbara Algren Preserve Fieldstone Griffin Marsh (formerly … [Read more...]
Ernie Boothroyd & Bellante Preserves
Sitting and Finding Balance Balanced Rock & Sitting Rock Trails, Northern CT Land Trust, Ellington May 2019 & December 2023 The original Boothroyd Preserve trail system here was expanded with the addition of the adjoining Bellante Preserve in 2019. Ernie Boothroyd Nature Preserve Balanced Rock Trail After … [Read more...]
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