The Woods are Our Church Bernard Church Woods, Chaplin March 2021 This is a Joshua's Trust property. Calvin and I arrived at the backwoods trailhead for The Joshua Trust's Bernard Church Woods property at the end of several hours of Chaplin exploration. Yes, it's truly possible to spend a few hours exploring … [Read more...]
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Goedecke-Humphrey Trails
Goe For It! Goedecke-Humphrey Trails, Canton March 2021 This is a Canton Land Conservation Trust property. In March of 2021 my younger son Calvin was nine. I have no idea how long he'll keep playing soccer and at what level, but for the time being, he's quite good. Exceptional even. And I'll admit, I love … [Read more...]
Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve
That Cabin Life Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve, Granby November 2020 I see you Granby Land Trust. Trying to be clever. Why else would you include the word "dismal" in the name of your new property when in reality, it's anything but? Sorry, but the jig is up: Dismal Brook is beautiful. Stunningly so. Yes, … [Read more...]
Hein Trails
Heiny Ho! Hein Trails, Bethany January 2021 This is a Bethany Land Trust property. Bethany's trailed properties seem to always be in flux. The land trust keep acquiring property, tornados keep tearing up the woods, and new trails keep getting blazed. Not many of you think too much or too often about Bethany, … [Read more...]
NFA: Brunot Preserve
B-U-C-O-L-I-C Brunot Preserve, Newtown September 2014 Here we are, together again... writing (me) and reading (you) about a small little land trust parcel on the Newtown/Bethel Border. Surely there's nothing too interesting about this typical slice of land that was once a farm and is now a forest - the story of … [Read more...]
Barnes Nature Center & Pigeon Hill Preserve Trails
A Baby Pigeon! Barnes Nature Center & Pigeon Hill Preserve Trails, Bristol & Burlington November 2020 I owe this place a return visit. The super fun thing about pursuing my ridiculous goals for this website is keeping on top of things in towns which I've "completed" previously. Take Burlington. I "completed" … [Read more...]
MLCT: Summer Hill Trail
Summer Mapped, Summer Not Summer Hill Trail, Madison January 2021 Madison has many very nice little trailed properties. State Park, State Forest, Water Authority, CFPA... trails everywhere. Beaches, forests, and fields. It's great. And the Madison Land Conservation Trust has over a dozen properties throughout the … [Read more...]
Barrett Preserve
Grin and Barrett Barrett Preserve, Ledyard January 2016 This is an Avalonia Land Conservancy property. It's always moderately interesting to hike through managed forests. Especially if they are being actively managed like Avalonia Land Conservancy's Barrett Preserve was when Damian and I checked it out. … [Read more...]
NCLT: Hannan-Eberstadt Field
Hannan-Eberstadt Field New Canaan Land Trust, New Canaan November 2020 This is not a property to properly hike in an real sense. It's a relatively small field in the middle of New Canaan, just a stone's throw from the country club. And if this were a land trust holding in almost any other Connnecticut town, I'd … [Read more...]
Two Sisters Tract
Don't Get it Twister, Sisters Two Sisters Tract, Chaplin March 2021 This is a Joshua's Trust property. As I was gathering stuff for Calvin and I to venture out to Chaplin, I alerted my wife to our destination. "Oh. Chaplin, have fun. It's a beautiful town." I paused for a moment, wondering if and … [Read more...]
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