In a Bush League of Our Own Bush Hill Farm, Glastonbury & Manchester January 2017 & November 2025 This is a Manchester Land Conservation Trust property. The first half of this page features the eastern half of the property. In 2021, the property doubled in size with the acquisition of the former Lombardo Farm … [Read more...]
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Hockanum River Trail 13: Hackett
Softball Hike Hockanum River Trails: Hackett, Manchester .75 miles, November 2016 If you are reading my thru-hike of the Hockanum River Trail in order (generally south to north), you have already read the Hilliard Trail page. If you haven't, it's a fun one and you should. I'll wait. Better yet, start at the … [Read more...]
Tinkerville Brook Preserve
He Prefers LEGO to Tinker Toys, But... Tinkerville Brook Preserve, Ashford January 2017 This is a Joshua's Trust property. I’m not sure what I was thinking, shuffling my five-year-old into the car for the trip out to Ashford to do some short hikes within some Joshua’s Trust properties. There was barely any … [Read more...]
Wolf Den Land Trust Intro
Wolf Den Land Trust Brooklyn, Hampton, Killingly, & Windham This is another one of those sort of weird, sort of difficult to parse land trusts in Connecticut. For one thing, Wolf Den is tightly aligned with an outfit called "The Eastern Connecticut Forest Landowners." Their shared vision and mission is good of … [Read more...]
Wyllys Falls
Whatchoo Talkin' 'Bout Wyllys? Wyllys Falls, Manchester November 2016 Wyllys Falls is also known as Bridal Veil Falls, even though I've never seen anyone call it that except in sentences like this one. Wyllys Falls is located in a Manchester Land Conservation Trust property called "Spring Street-Hayden L. … [Read more...]
Spring St.- Hayden L. Griswold
Wyllyng Them To Rename This Property Spring St.- Hayden L. Griswold Trail, Manchester November 2016 This property is no longer listed by the Manchester Land Conservation Trust as trailed in 2025, but I would assume a herd path exists to get to the base of the falls. I am terrible at marketing and promotion when … [Read more...]
Buckland Pond
Buck Up Buckland Pond, Manchester January 2017 This is a Manchester Land Conservation Trust property. I used to live in Manchester as well as Glastonbury. I became familiar with the backroads between the towns that avoided the highways. But even so, there is a whole section of Manchester that I was wholly … [Read more...]
Fairway Park
Not Fair Fairway Park, Manchester January 2017 This Manchester Land Conservation Trust property is no longer listed as being trailed in 2025. I titled this page “Not Fair.” Why? Because busting on this MLCT property isn’t fair on my part. They do a great job all around the town of Manchester. I could give … [Read more...]
Purdy Nature Park Trail
Purdy, not Purty Purdy Nature Park Trail, Manchester December 2016 This is a Manchester Land Conservation Trust property. When I began completing Manchester, I knew I would have to walk a bunch of trails that most people would tend to avoid. That’s just the nature of being a completist. It even happens in the … [Read more...]
Hockanum River Trail 12: Hilliard Trail
Doesn't Amount to a Hilliard of Beans Hockanum River Trail: Hilliard, Manchester .3 miles round trip, May 2015 If you are reading my thru-hike of the Hockanum River Trail in order (generally south to north), you have already read the New State Road Trail page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. Better … [Read more...]
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