Mashamoquet Brook State Park Pomfret Ignoring the two state parks in my proverbial backyard... and ignoring Hammonassett Beach... I think I've been to Mashamoquet more than any other state park. Weird, right? Out in Pomfret? Yeah, we used to go there all the time on the UConn cycling team on hilly Route 44 … [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
Putnam Memorial State Park Intro
Putnam Memorial State Park Bethel & Redding Is it me or do all of the state parks out in this part of the state cross town lines? This one is half in Redding and half in Bethel. It was the site of the Continental Army's 1779 winter encampment under the command of General Israel Putnam. The site consists of remains … [Read more...]
College Farms
College Prospectus Prospect Land Trust, Prospect April 2023 I recently wrote the following on another, shorter, Prospect Land Trust trail page: I have long been a champion of little trails maintained by little organizations. Securing rights-of-way and clearing, blazing, and maintaining little trails in residential … [Read more...]
Summit Heights
For the Dogs Prospect Land Trust, Prospect March 2023 I have long been a champion of little trails maintained by little organizations. Securing rights-of-way and clearing, blazing, and maintaining little trails in residential areas is arguably just as difficult and important as any 10-mile loop up and down remote … [Read more...]
Marcus E. Cooke Memorial Park
Cooke'n With Gas Marcus E. Cooke Memorial Park, Wallingford March 2023 You never know what you're going to get with trails in Wallingford. Sometimes you'll expect a lovely graded path through pristine woods and end up being turned back by an overgrown trail through invasive junk. Other times you'll wonder how the … [Read more...]
Cherry Brook Preserve Trails
Mon Cheri Cherry Brook Preserve Trails, Canton March 2023 This is a Canton Land Conservation Trust property. After I completed this hike, I asked my friend Rich something about it. After some back and forth he wrote, "Guess I need to head back over there. It seems impossible to complete anything in … [Read more...]
West Rock Ridge State Park Intro
West Rock Ridge State Park Hamden & New haven Is West Rock a monolith? I guess it's not geologically speaking, but let's say it colloquially is. West Rock Ridge rises from nearly sea-level sharply to 400-feet of elevation at the South Summit in New Haven to 700-feet of elevation at High Rock in Bethany on the … [Read more...]
Rockwell Park
Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell Park, Bristol February 2023 I'm just an average man with an average life I work from nine to five, hey, hell, I pay the price All I want is to be left alone in my average home But why do I always feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone and? I always feel like somebody's … [Read more...]
Mill District Nature & Bassett-Kell Preserves
Cross My Hart Mill District Nature & Bassett-Kell Preserves, Hartland February 2023 The first clue that you're in deep woods in northern Connecticut is the fact that you're in Hartland. It is, after all, our little slice of New Hampshire. The second clue is when you approach the trail kiosk and see that the … [Read more...]
Kleindienst Family Nature Preserve
Trying To Be Kleind Kleindienst Family Nature Preserve, Plymouth February 2023 I love the hundreds of short little random loop trails that dot Connecticut. While they present quite a challenge to me to write about them in any interesting way, and they often present absolutely nothing of interest to me as an … [Read more...]
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