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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

North Branford’s Town Trails

December 22, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

North Branford's Town Trails North Branford is a weird town. I don't mean that the people there are weird. They may be, I don't know. But the town itself... Back in the day Lake Gaillard was created to provide water to the area and as a result, The South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority owns about a … [Read more...]

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

Pootatuck State Forest Intro

December 21, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Pootatuck State Forest New Fairfield Pootatuck might be the most fun name to say of any of Connecticut's state forests or parks. Pootatuck. Pooty-pooty Pootatuck. Of course Pootatuck comes from a Native American tribe that used to live in the area before they were mostly wiped out and then absorbed by other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: new fairfield, pootatuck state forest

New Fairfield’s Town Trails

December 20, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

New Fairfield's Town Trails New Fairfield is not very much like Fairfield at all. While both are in Fairfield County, Fairfield is a town with a commercial area and a couple universities and an identity. New Fairfield is a farming community that always votes Republican and doesn't have all that much going on - which … [Read more...]

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

Guilford’s Town Trails

December 19, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Guilford's Town Trails Guilford isn't a large town, but it does have a lot of trailed properties. It's another one of our towns where it seems like the town owned land bleeds into state owned land which surrounds land trust land. This used to bother me from a list-making perspective, but now I've come to really … [Read more...]

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

Guilford Land Conservation Trust

December 19, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Guilford Land Conservation Trust Trails You know you have some good stuff as a land trust when the CFPA includes one of your properties in their Blue Trails Challenge list. Such is the case with the GLCT's Westwoods property. While that is certainly the land trusts - and arguably Guilford's - crown jewel, there's a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Guilford Land Conservation Trust, guliford

Millers Pond State Park Intro

December 15, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Millers Pond State Park Durham & Haddam Millers Pond is a nice little state park that surrounds a natural spring-fed pond. There are lots of trails that extend beyond the park itself into the surrounding Cockaponset State Forest. The Mattabesett Trail courses through it. Millers Pond is unique in that its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Durham, Haddam, millers pond state park

Haddam Land Trust

December 14, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Haddam Land Trust Trails Bam! Go Forth! To Bamforth! And all the other Haddam Land Trust trailed properties! Man, there's a lot to hike in Haddam. Several state parks, a large state forest, Mattabassett goodness... on and on. And I promise that I won't overlook what the HLT does here either. And they're … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Haddam, haddam land trust

Haddam’s Town Trails

December 14, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Haddam's Town Trails I won't lie to you and say that I am currently familiar with every nook and cranny of Haddam, the only town in Connecticut with residences on both sides of the Connecticut River. Sure, I'd hiked the Mattabessett Trail through town and some trails in the Cockaponset State Forest before putting … [Read more...]

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

Newtown’s Town Trails

December 7, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Newtown's Town Trails There are a lot of trails to hike in Newtown. That's it. That's all I really need to say here. We all know what Newtown is associated with and of course that's impossible to divorce from what the town is today. But there's something renewing about getting out into the woods and walking … [Read more...]

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

Collis P. Huntington State Park Intro

December 7, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Collis P Huntington State Park Bethel, Newtown, Redding The most mystifying thing about Huntington State Park is how getting there feels like you are driving into the black hole of Connecticut. I have driven every backroad in the state and those around this park are some of the most vexing to be sure. This park is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Bethel, huntington state park, Newtown, Redding

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