Mr. Toad's Wild Ride Ten Mile Lowlands, Cheshire March 2022 So there I was, driving down Dundee Road on my way to meet a friend. A friend I used to live with in his current house in Cheshire way back in 2000. I had just spent about 18 months in the metaphorical wilderness, including a period of homelessness. I … [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
JT: Dorothy Goodwin Reserve
S'no Problem Joshua's Trust Dorothy Goodwin Reserve, Mansfield March 2022 This is a Joshua's Trust property. I was up at UConn for something and whenever I go somewhere for something, I try to squeeze in some other things for this thing. ("This thing" being this website.) And if I'm lucky, one or two of those … [Read more...]
River Park
Bonfire of the Inanities River Park, Avon February 2022 A funny thing happens when you're the guy who claims to hike all the hikes there is to hike in all the towns in all of Connecticut. People tell you that you have not hiked all the hikes there are to hike in all the towns. Like this: Across the river from … [Read more...]
Shenipsit State Forest Intro
Shenipsit State Forest Ellington, Somers, and Stafford Shenipsit State Forest began in 1927 with the purchase of land at the summit of Soapstone Mountain in Somers to erect a fire tower to keep a lookout over the forests of the eastern woodlands. Over time, additional acreage was purchased to form the sprawling … [Read more...]
Saugatuck Trail Intro
Saugatuck Trail Easton to Weston, ~12 miles December 2007 - I completed the Saugatuck Trail in 2007 in just a couple of hours. Then CFPA extended in in 2018 and linked it up with the newer Aspetuck Trail. So now I have to write this introduction page because now I have to hike the trail in two part. But at … [Read more...]
WLT: West Dayton Hill
Graham Crackers West Dayton Hill, 1.5 miles, Wallingford Land Trust April 2016 Since I trust that all of you have read all of my hikes of the Wallingford Land Trust properties... I kid, I kid. I can't imagine any of you have read any of them. Why would you have? There's really only one decent hike and you know … [Read more...]
Avalonia: Simmons Preserve
Quanaduck! Avalonia Land Conservancy, Simmons Preserve, Stonington January 2016 This is not a hike. It's barely a stroll. But here we are... writing and reading about it. Hey, if the excellent Avalonia Land Conservancy feels this place is worthy of preservation, and has written about it, then that's good enough … [Read more...]
Sage Park
Not the Wisest Place to Hike Sage Park, Berlin January 2022 The town of Berlin has plenty of great places to hike. From Ragged Mountain to Hatchery Brook and all the Metacomet Miles in between. Berlin also has a few not so great places to hike. Sage Park is one of those places, but since someone (and I may know … [Read more...]
Great Pond Preserve
Just Great Great Pond Preserve, Glastonbury December 2015 Great Pond indeed. You know what's great? Doing a meticulous scroll through old pictures on my old computer before backing them up and -- never mind all that. I'm sitting here in 2022 and just came across this set of pictures from a hike at Great Pond … [Read more...]
Manchester Field and Woods
Not in Manchester, Not in Roxbury New Roxbury Land Trust's Manchester Field and Woods, Union December 2021 None of the New Roxbury Land Trust properties are officially trailed. Look, I hear you. When did I start writing about untrailed and admittedly unexciting properties? The answer is... today. And I don't … [Read more...]
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