Servoss/Mather Street (165 Mather Street) Hamden Land Conservation Trust May 5, 2013 If you have read my HCLT Powder Farm page, then you at least know a little bit about the Olin Corporation’s history in this part of the state. (In all honesty, they simply owned Winchester who blew stuff up back during WWII and … [Read more...]
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HLCT: Powder Farm
Powder Farm Hamden Land Conservation Trust May 5, 2013 I haven’t yet decided if I love or loathe the Hamden Land Conservation Trust’s habit of naming their properties by simply stating their addresses. I’m happy to report that the HLCT has changed their entire property nomenclature and they now all have normal … [Read more...]
Hamden Land Conservation Trust Trails Intro
Hamden Land Conservation Trust Trails Hamden Way back in the day (2013), this page read differently. There's really no point in alerting you to what's different, but I will say that the Hamden Land Conservation Trust has updated their own website in a way that makes sense to me. So I'm following suit. This … [Read more...]
SLT: Ketchin Quarry
Step'n Ketch'it Ketchin Quarry, Simsbury Land Trust November 17, 2012 I feel weird. Weird because I take pride in writing almost every word on this site; only cutting and pasting in rare circumstances. But for this page, about a ridiculously short little "hike" along Quarry Road in Simsbury, it makes no … [Read more...]
SLT: Rosedale Farm
Rosedale Farms Trail Simsbury Land Trust February 9, 2012 As this was my first official hike of the Simsbury Land Trust list of hikes, I figured I'd jump in slowly. And easily. And flat. And close by. Hello Rosedale Farms! Rosedale Farms might be more familiar to you as a stop on the Connecticut Wine … [Read more...]
Simsbury Land Trust Trails
Simsbury Land Trust Trails I can point directly to the Simsbury Land Trust as the sole reason I decided one day to expand my hiking horizons past the CFPA trails. Heck, I can point to the exact date, time and place it happened. October 12, 2008, late morning on the Cathles Trail in northwest Simsbury. I can’t … [Read more...]
ALT: Garvin & Maher Trails at Hunter’s Run
Garvin and Maher Trail Loops Avon Land Trust January 8, 2012 The baby was napping and Damian was contentedly watching a movie. The household chores were done and there was maybe an hour of sunlight left in the early winter day. What to do, what to do? I knew exactly what to do – I’d been thinking about it in my … [Read more...]
ALT: Hazen Park & Skyline Trails
Hazen Park & Skyline Trails Avon Land Trust January 9, 2011 Hazen Park is Town of Avon property. The Hazen Trail Extension and the Skyline Trail are on Avon Land Trust land. Now you know. The Skyline Trail had been on my to-do list for a couple years. I'd heard from a hiking friend that it offered a more … [Read more...]
Avon Land Trust Trails
Avon Land Trust Trails Here at CTMQ HQ, it’s not all about the CFPA Blue Trails. Oh no. I quickly came to learn that there are many other very worthy areas in which to hike when I stumbled on some Simsbury Land Trust Trails years ago. They were excellent; very well marked and maintained and with great views and … [Read more...]
SRA: Macricostas Preserve
Micro-hike, Macro-Experience Steep Rock Association's Macricostas Preserve, about 6.5 miles total June 2011 & January 2013 Being somewhat of a CFPA Trail snob, I didn’t think much of the Steep Rock preserves before stepping foot in one. I knew Washington was a lovely town in a lovely part of Litchfield County, … [Read more...]