A Rose is a Heritage is a Rose Rose Trail at the historic Bolton Heritage Farm April 2020 After hiking this property and only then learning of its recent troubled past, I must say that I'm shocked. One would think that the handsome old farm with sweeping views across the historic fields and hills where … [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
Roaring Brook Falls Park
Roaring? I'd be Lion. Roaring Brook Falls Park, Cheshire July 2014 This is a weird one. Roaring Brook Falls is most often cited as Connecticut's "largest waterfall" in the sense that it contains the largest single drop of any falls in the state. Somewhere around 80-feet of drop. Awesome. That mention almost … [Read more...]
NCLT: Firefly Sanctuary
Marvin, Massarella, & Friends Firefly Sanctuary New Canaan Land Trust, New Canaan November 2020 First, let's take a moment to recognize the fact that New Canaan has an active land trust and that they are involved with preserving forests and fields in a town where land is a tad bit expensive. Shout out to … [Read more...]
Bolton Notch State Park Trails (South)
Fudge 2020 Bolton Notch State Park Trails (South), Bolton October 2020 Li'l ol' Bolton Notch State Park. With its horrible access road and graffiti covered rock outcrops... is, dare I say, awesome? Yes, it's awesome. It is a hub for so many things! Two lengthy multi-use trails - one which is a state park that … [Read more...]
Fenton-Ruby Park
A Real Gem Fenton-Ruby Park and Wildlife Preserve, Willington August 2019 I've written before that Connecticut's northern towns contain secrets. Not quite "Twin Peaks" level secrets, but something along those lines. I'm talking about things like how there was a point at which I thought I had hiked every trail in … [Read more...]
Windsor Locks Canal Trail State Park (North)
Route Canal Windsor Locks Canal Trail State Park, Suffield November 2017 This path follows the route of the canal and... route canal?! C'mon, give me some love for the title above. Although a walk or ride along the full length of this state park trail isn't quite as painful as the dental procedure, it's had its … [Read more...]
Housatonic Overlook & Tucker’s Ridge
Not Tuckering Out Housatonic Overlook & Tucker's Ridge, Orange January 2021 Rare is the trail that starts you off at the highlight of the trek. This is one such trail - presuming you begin at the northern end at the High Ridge Road turn-around. If you'd rather leave the views until you have some trail behind you, … [Read more...]
Nathan Hale State Forest Intro
Nathan Hale State Forest Andover & Coventry As with many state forests, there's no clear trail guide to help us navigate the place. There are a bunch of mountain bike trails, old woods roads, horse trails, and deer trails. A few trail maps exist, but they are a bit sketchy. Which, let's be honest, makes any … [Read more...]
Woodstock’s Town Trails
Woodstock's Town Trails We are stardust We are golden And we've got to get ourselves Back to the garden By the time we got to Woodstock We were half a million strong The next line of that famous Joni Mitchell song is, "And everywhere there was song and celebration." Indeed. Woodstock is the 169th of 169 … [Read more...]
Nipmuck State Forest
Nipmuck State Forest Ashford, Stafford, Union, Willington, Woodstock I like to be thorough and almost always am, but when it comes to the Nipmuck... it's tough. It's big and it's sprawling, sure, but most importantly it contains many secrets within it. Secrets I hope to uncover over time. The Nipmuck (or … [Read more...]
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