Coming Up Daisy Fennerswood Preserve, Stonington November 2022 You all should know that I love the Avalonia Land Conservancy. Their advocacy, their reach, their passion, their website... all absolutely top notch. And they have a ton of properties all over southeastern Connecticut. And when an … [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
Robert Stanley Nature Trail
Mighty Phragmites Robert Stanley Nature Trail, Newington January 2023 Newington has a lot of sports fields for a town its size. It doesn't have very many trailed properties, but it does publish a trails guide. Most of the hikes in that guide are walks along suburban streets to connect the town's parks. … [Read more...]
Mattatuck Trail: Section 1
Cruising in a Plymouth 7.4 Miles, Wolcott & Plymouth December 2022 When I begin a new longer-distance trail, I often think about the people who rush to rip through certain hiking challenges. Surely there are Blue Trails Challenge hikers who try to get through the CFPA's nearly 1,000 miles of trails in just a … [Read more...]
Avalonia: Knox Preserve
Knoxing About Knox Preserve, Stonington November 2022 Everyone knows I love Stonington. Heck, everyone loves Stonington. How could you not love Stonington? Stonington is so cool that even the little one mile (in total) trail network squeezed in between the town's oldest cemetery, Route 1, and the active … [Read more...]
NCLC: Hauser Nature Preserve
CTMQ in the Hauser Hauser Nature Preserve, Litchfield November 2022 Ooohhhh, I don't know. This is one of those trails and hikes that are there and therefore I walked it. Don't get me wrong - it's quite nice! But every now and again it hits me that I'm out here bouncing around the state hiking trails that no one … [Read more...]
Finch Brook Preserve
Mario HiKarting Finch Brook Preserve, Wolcott November 2022 This trail is bonkers. Really and truly bonkers. It is a designed as a 2.6 mile go-kart track... but for hiking. You will get dizzy walking the loop. You will have visions of "cheating" by cutting corners. You will read poetry and cross into Waterbury for … [Read more...]
Hopp Brook Falls
Hopp, Hopp Hopp Brook Falls, Bethany November 2022 Not to be confused with the much more famous Hop River in eastern Connecticut, Bethany's Hopp Brook has its own charms. And by charms I mean modestly impressive seasonal waterfalls. Yes, falls, plural. Not that you'd know there were two here, unless … [Read more...]
Horace B. Clark Woods
Trails Schmails New England Forestry Foundation's Horace B. Clark Woods, Hartland November 2022 I doubt very much that you are familiar with the New England Forestry Foundation. I sure as heck wasn't before embarking on my years-long effort to list every legitimate trail in Connecticut. The NEFF covers all of New … [Read more...]
Bethany Airport Trails
I Flew Through These Trails Bethany Airport Trails, Bethany September & November 2022 You should absolutely come here to check out the unearthed concrete airmail arrow near the restored historic airport hangar. I don't know why you'd be traveling Route 63 through Bethany, but if you find yourself doing so, make a … [Read more...]
Avalonia: Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve
Barely a Five and Dime Trail Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve, Stonington November 2022 I spent more time looking for this trail than hiking it. And I spent more time gawking at the waterside mansions down here than walking the out and back spur. But... the excellent Avalonia Land Conservancy lists the … [Read more...]
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