Orange Land Trust Orange Orange you glad you clicked on this page? There is such a thing as the Orange Land Trust, and they do own a bunch of little parcels all over town. However, there seems to be some question (from me) as to what is hikeable among them. As far as I can tell, almost nothing. But the … [Read more...]
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Lyme Land Conservation Trust
Lyme Land Conservation Trust Lyme & East Haddam Li'l ol' Lyme, Too oft malign'd Hiking it should be a breeze 's'long as I don't get riddled wi' disease Turns out that deer ticks have tons of open space in which to hang out before infecting hikers with Lyme Disease. Between the town of Lyme, the state, The … [Read more...]
Seymour Land Conservation Trust Intro
Seymour Land Conservation Trust Seymour I've become fairly adept at writing these trails orgs' intro pages. I can usually rip through putting one together in under ten minutes. Not so with Seymour's Land Conservation Trust. Their website in its current (September 2018) state is terri-- update, it's … [Read more...]
Sweetheart Mountain Trails
Sweeeeeeeeeeet! Sweetheart Mountain Trails, Canton & Burlington July 2018 This is a Canton Land Conservation Trust property. Son has another Bouncy birthday somewhere in Canton, check. Dad can't wait to, um, foster his son's independence, check. Canton has an unhiked property, check. Dad has will to hike … [Read more...]
Friends of Shetucket River Valley Trails
Friends of Shetucket River Valley Franklin & Sprague You've got me. I've never heard of this outfit either. But hey, they have done a bang up job of snapping up adjoining land parcels in Franklin and Sprague alone the Shetucket River and for that, they've made the hallowed pages of CTMQ. Well, also … [Read more...]
Shelton Land Conservation Trust Intro
Shelton Land Conservation Trust Shelton I realize that counties in Connecticut don't really mean anything, but I must admit my slight surprise in learning Shelton was in Fairfield County. I don't know what I was slightly surprised. But I was. Also, I've come to learn that most of the trailed properties in … [Read more...]
Litchfield Land Trust
Litchfield Land Trust When most people think of Litchfield, they think of the downtown area. All the bustling restaurants and cool little curio shops, bounded by the historic green and the perfect white churches. And when most people think of “the Litchfield hills,” they think of the Berkshires to the northwest … [Read more...]
Holcombe Preserve
"Holcombe I Can't Keep Him?" Holcombe Preserve, Granby May 2018 As of this writing, there are four signature trailed properties of the Granby Land Trust. Sure, they have a bunch of other parcels, some even trailed - and one containing the state's coolest tree. But the land trust focuses on their true gems. … [Read more...]
Other Granby Land Trust Properties
A Whole Slew of Granby Goodness "Other" GLT Trails, Granby Spring/Summer 2018 I have hiked many, many wonderful miles within Granby Land Trust properties. It holds a special place in my heart because it was at a GLT property (The Godard Preserve) where a young Damian got over some of his phobias. As I wrap … [Read more...]
Flanders Land Trust Trails
Flanders Land Trust Middlebury & Woodbury Hi diddly ho neighborinos! Let’s explore the Flanders Land Trust trails! Flanders owns land in Bethlehem and Southbury, but there are no trails there as of this writing. The large bulk of their trails are in Woodbury, with one outpost in the middle of Middlebury. … [Read more...]
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