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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

Rocky Hill Refuge

November 4, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Eesh Wyndham Land Trust's, Rocky Hill Refuge, Woodstock November 2024 I went to the Rocky Hill Refuge on Rocky Hill Road in Rocky Hi - err, in Woodstock. (Coincidentally, I had just "completed" Rocky Hill a week or so prior.) You do not need to ever go to the Rocky Hill Refuge on Rocky Hill Road in Woodstock, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Woodstock, wyndham land trust

Camps Sequassen & Workcoeman

November 2, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

"A Scout is Honest..." Camps Sequassen & Workcoeman, New Hartford & Barkhamsted October 2024 These are connected private scout camps that are not open to the public. I suppose anyone can hike the many miles of trails at these camps. And I suppose they are very nice hikes. The maps are nice and show a lookout … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Barkhamsted, New Hartford, privately owned trail

Quarry Park

October 31, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

Well, There Was a Rocky Hill Quarry Park, Rocky Hill September 2024 One of the best things about hiking every trail in Connecticut (or so I pretend) is doing zero research on a place before hiking it... and learning it's a hundred times cooler than you'd imagined it would be. Welcome to Quarry Park in Rocky … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Industrial History, Public/Outdoor Art, Rocky Hill

George Dudley Seymour State Park & Higganum Meadows WMA

October 29, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Happy to See Mour George Dudley Seymour State Park & Higganum Meadows WMA, Haddam October 2024 I don't know why the state decided to split what is one tract of public land along the border of East Hampton and Haddam. To the north (East Hampton), it's Hurd State Park. To the south (Haddam), it's George Dudley … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Haddam, State WMA

Bethany Interpretive Nature Trail (Private)

October 25, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Appealing to my Pedan Tree Bethany Interpretive Nature Trail, Bethany October 2024 This trail is private and may be visited by appointment only. I'll try... errr, I'll tree. No, that's not right. How about I leave the zealoTRY for tree puns to Rick KaletSKY of BethaNY because clearLY my abiliTY to do so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Appointment Only, Bethany, privately owned trail

Mill Woods Park

October 22, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Run of the Mill Stuff? Mill Woods Park, Wethersfield October 2024 Several years ago I found myself at Mill Woods Park to watch my son's mighty West Hartford travel soccer team crush the Wethersfield boys. I remember that day not for the soccer game, but because it was the first time I had an Italian chicken cutlet … [Read more...]

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

Sandy Brook Trail

October 17, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

That Colebrook Magic Colebrook Land Conservancy's Sandy Brook Trail, Colebrook September 2024 Man, Colebrook is a pretty town. And making the drive from Peoples State Forest in Barkhamsted to this parcel of woods in Colebrook is quite the drive. Skinny roads that wind along mountain streams for miles... I know a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Colebrook, Colebrook Land Conservancy

Norbrook Farm Brewery Trails

October 7, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

No Creek Nor Brook Will Hold Me Back Norbrook Farm Brewery Trails, Colebrook & Norfolk September 2024 Let's get this out of the way first: I don't write about mountain bike trails or disc golf courses. This sprawling property features both of those things, intertwined with hiking trails From everything I've heard, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Colebrook, norbrook farm brewery, Norfolk

Rocky Hill Meadows/Goff Brook Trail

September 5, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

Goff Brook, not Brooke Goff Great Meadows Conservation Trust's Wood Parcel, Rocky Hill September 2024 Back when I walked around and then wrote about farm road trails just south of here, I said: The "Great Meadows" is very confusing. It is, as I understand it, a large swath of meadow along the Connecticut River … [Read more...]

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

Deer Hill Trail

July 30, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hanging on for Deer Life Colebrook Land Conservancy's Deer Hill Trail, Colebrook July 2024 Alternative title: Deer Fly Trail This trail is great. I just wanted to put that out first. Any complaints below about biting insects is simply a result of time and place; certainly not something anyone can do anything … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Colebrook, Colebrook Land Conservancy, Great Views

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