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CTMQ > Hikes, Bikes & Paddles

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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
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Highpointing and Peak-Bagging Intro

Hebron’s Town Trails

November 4, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

Hebron's Town Trails Hebron is graced with parts of two state forests (Meshomasic and Salmon River) as well as the popular Gay City State Park. The Air Line State Park Trail also courses through town. When I start these town trail introductory pages that no one reads like that, it usually means I'm about to excuse … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hebron

Norwich’s Town Trails

November 4, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Norwich's Town Trails Ah, Norwich. A town that used to be crisscrossed by all sorts of Mohegan trails back in the day. Since then, though, Norwich came and went as a key white people manufacturing hub and all those trails are long gone. Today, the city has one park with woodland(ish) trails. But fear not! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Norwich

Freja Park

October 29, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

Tol'ja Freja Park, Bolton September 2020 Freja Park is a really neat place to visit these days. Sure, it can be a jumping off point for any number of hikes or bike rides along a couple different bike paths. You can even take "secret" trails to some really cool spots that many are unfamiliar with as you head north … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Bolton

Eleanor Buck Wolf Parcel

October 27, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Buck It Great Meadows Conservation Trust's Eleanor Buck Wolf Parcel, Wethersfield May 2020 The Great Meadows Conservation Trust holds properties in Glastonbury, Rocky Hill, and Wethersfield. Sounds impressive. And I'm not here to denigrate the fine work these folks do, as it's as important to protect land in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: great meadows conservation trust, Wethersfield

Black Rock State Park Intro

October 26, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Black Rock State Park Watertown Black Rock's land bleeds north into Thomaston, but there's nothing in Thomaston insofar as CTMQ goes. The "black rock" in "Black Rock" is a name that dates back hundreds of years. Local native Americans gave rights to settlers to mine graphite lead; its dark color contrasting with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Watertown

Watertown Land Trust Trails

October 23, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Watertown Land Trust Trails Bethlehem & Watertown Here we are again... on another land trust intro page with a listing of four trailed properties that may or may not be complete. I've become pretty adept at figuring out these lists when they are not provided by a land trust. (And I get it - keeping up the website … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Bethlehem, Watertown

Watertown’s Town Trails

October 23, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Watertown's Town Trails Watertown doesn't have that many water features. Sure, it's bounded on the east by the Naugatuck River but... it's not really a town feature. It used to be part of Waterbury back in the day, but then split off and became its own thing in 1780. Waterbury isn't too watery either now that I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Watertown

Canton’s Town Trails

October 20, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Canton's Town Trails If you, like me, have always said to yourself, "boy, wouldn't it be interesting if Canton, Connecticut was named after Canton, China" but then dismissed that as a ridiculous idea, you'll be as surprised as I was at the Wikipedia page about Canton saying that this is indeed true. And the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Canton

Rye Street Park

October 15, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

Hiker in the Rye Rye Street Park, South Windsor October 2020 The trail network at Rye Street Park is ridiculous. They are not real trails planned by a serious trail planner. They are absurd double-backing crackhead trails. In fact, they are so dopey that when I first walked some of one a couple years ago … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: South Windsor

Fairfield’s Town Trails

October 14, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Fairfield's Town Trails There's no Fairfield Inn in Fairfield. There is an Inn at Fairfield Beach which is not a Fairfield Inn. While I'm in Fairfield, I like to say that I'm "Fairfield'n." And when I'm Fairfield'n, there's a decent chance I'll be walking the trails in one of the several town properties that have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Fairfield

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