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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

Penwood State Park Intro

June 12, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Penwood State Park Bloomfield & Simsbury Penwood is the sister state park to Talcott Mountain - both of which are very near my house. As such, I've spent more time in both than all other state parks combined. Probably. More people probably visit Talcott than Penwood for the tower up there, but Penwood certainly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Bloomfield, Great Views, penwood state park, Simsbury

Stonington’s Town Trails Intro

June 8, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

Stonington's Town Trails Huge credit to Stonington's Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center to building out a network of trails from it's main museum through the woods and over to its Coogan Farm property a few blocks away. All in the congested and touristy Mystic section of the town. Granted, there are other … [Read more...]

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

Stonington Land Trust Intro

June 8, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Stonington Land Trust Stonington Let's face it, people don't often go to Stonington for the sole purpose of hiking. As arguably Connecticut's hottest town for tourists, most visitors would rather fight the throngs for downtown parking and walk around its immaculate sidewalks near the shoreline. And that's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Stonington, stonington land trust

Hop River State Park Trail: Section 3

June 3, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

Another Notch in Our Belts Bolton Notch State Park to Parker Bridge Road, 8.5 Miles Bolton, Coventry, & Andover, May 2020 As Calvin and I rode the first mile or so of this section of the Hop River State Park Trail, I pondered aloud, "This may be one of the coolest stretches of Rails-to-Trails in all of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bike Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Andover, Bolton, bolton notch state park, Calvin, Coventry, Covered Bridges, cycling, East Coast Greenway, Hop river state park trail, rails-to-trails

East Coast Greenway

June 1, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

The East Coast Greenway Sterling to Greenwich This page merely serves as a sort of jumping off point for the purposes of CTMQ. It will also hopefully be out of date every couple of years, as those who are working on creating, preserving, and protecting more and more miles of this path are continually successful. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bike Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: East Coast Greenway

Sterling’s Town Trails

May 31, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Sterling's Town Trails I'm sorry you've somehow found yourself on this page, for there are no Sterling-owned properties with trails as far as I know. If I'm wrong, please contact me or comment below. There aren't too many roads in Sterling. Or people. Heck, it was created as an offshoot town of Voluntown. … [Read more...]

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

Cowles Park

May 27, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Don't be Cowled Cowles Park, East Granby May 2019 Before setting out at Cowles Park, whether on foot or on mountain bike, just know that you will take a wrong turn somewhere. You won't get lost in any real sense, but you will get confused. (If you get lost in a real sense, your sense of direction needs some work, … [Read more...]

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

Great Meadows Conservation Trust Trails

May 21, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Great Meadows Conservation Trust Glastonbury, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield South of Hartford the Connecticut River winds through 4500 acres of open land, the Great Meadows of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill and Glastonbury. This floodplain contains rich farmland, a varied habitat for wildlife and the largest freshwater marsh … [Read more...]

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

Wethersfield’s Town Trails

May 21, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Wethersfield's Town Trails Wethersfield is all about its history and the two old highways that cleave the town - The Berlin Turnpike and The Silas Deane Highway. People don't go to Wethersfield to hike. But I will. I must. It is my calling. Writing this before having stepped a foot in any Wethersfield … [Read more...]

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

Paul Ode Trail & Fred Wolfe Park

May 18, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

An Ode to a Wolfe Paul Ode Trail & Fred Wolfe Park Trails, Orange January 2020 Ah yes, January 2020. Temperature in the 60's, whispers of some new virus in the hinterlands of China... not a care in the world. Such innocent times. And what better to do than head down to Orange for some quick walks around the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Hikes with my Boys, Orange

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