(Pleading Look To Sky, Fist Shaking), "zzzzZZZOOOAAARRR!" Newtown, 6.5 miles April 2009 Update: The section of the Zoar Trail that used to be on Great Quarter Road has been moved into the woods. Having the luxury of being able to choose which days to hike (sort of, not really) allows me to hit the trail on … [Read more...]
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State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites
State Highpointing Intro
Why State Highpointing?
Land Trust Trails
Connecticut Hiking Challenges & Rewards
CFPA Trails & The Blue Trails Challenge
Town Owned Trails
Peakbagging Tallies
Highpointing and Peak-Bagging Intro
Lake Zoar Area Trails
ZOOOAAARRRR! Lake Zoar Area Trails Back in the day, the CFPA used to lump a bunch of trails under this heading. Then with the newest edition of the Walk Book, it changed and is now just listed as "Kettletown State Park, Pomperaug, and Zoar Trails." Sure, the Paugussett Trail was lengthened and removed from this … [Read more...]
Whitestone-Jericho Connector
CONNECT(icut) Plymouth/Thomaston/Watertown, 1.6 miles March 2009 This trail has been discontinued. There's no need for this post. Really. It's a nice connector trail to have available, as one can hook up from the Jericho to the Mattatuck and continue west or east. It's just not necessary for me to bother … [Read more...]
Whitestone Cliffs Trail
I Smell Hippies Plymouth, 1.7 miles March 31, 2009 Having just finished up the surprisingly excellent Hancock Brook Trail a couple miles to the southeast in Waterbury proper, I drove the 8 minutes over to Plymouth and the short Whitestone Cliffs Trail. This section of the Mattatuck State Forest is tucked into … [Read more...]
4 Cockaponset Area Trails
PattaconkaCockaponset Chester/Haddam, ~ 4 miles March 15, 2009 A funny thing happened after "publishing" the page describing my experience hiking with Rob Butterworth along the Cockaponset Trail. It turns out that the esteemed Mr. Butterworth has a kajillion friends who have a strong interest in him and/or his … [Read more...]
Hancock Brook Trail
Definitely Not the Waterbury You Know Waterbury, 2.6 miles March 31, 2009 I have a rapidly approaching deadline for my next "Try This Hike" article for Connecticut Woodlands magazine. With so many Connecticut hikes at my disposal, I'm going to write about this one - a relatively short loop hike in that … [Read more...]
Waterbury Area Trails Intro
Waterbury Area Trails Waterbury, Watertown, Plymouth, Thomaston Waterbury and Hiking go together like... Toothpaste and Grapefruit Juice? Blindness and Driving? UConn and football? What I’m saying is, no one thinks about hiking when they think of Waterbury. Here's the thing: Waterbury is thought of as … [Read more...]
Cockaponset Trail
C-C-Cockaponset! Haddam/Chester, 7.4 miles March 15, 2009 When Rob Butterworth asks you to join him on a Cockaponset hike, you clear your calendar and go. You arrive on time fully prepared, physically fit, and you listen to him while hiking. And learn... A lot. And once finished, you consider yourself … [Read more...]
Florida: Britton Hill
An Epic 12-Hour Adventure Britton Hill, 345 feet July 5, 2005 50th on the US State Highpoint List (Me: 17/51; Hoang: 17/51) Let me state right up front that I don't like Florida. There, that was cathartic. Ever since I lived there when I was a little kid, I've held a grudge against the state for various … [Read more...]
Washington DC: Fort Reno
Bonus Highpoint! Fort Reno State Park, 429 feet November 23, 2004 [March 2009 Update: A new benchmark has been placed at the true highpoint here, a few yards from where we climbed to. This does not upset me. Too much. Nope... not at all. I swear.] The District of Columbia is one wacky little place. … [Read more...]
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