Mastering Bates Herrick Park, Bolton April 2020 I keep an ongoing list of CTMQ stuff for each town that none of you can see. On Bolton's list, I had something like, "a trail at Herrick park." Then when I put the Bolton Town Guide together, I searched the internet high and low for confirmation that there was a … [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
BLT: Blackledge Marsh
Cul-de-Quick Blackledge Marsh, Bolton April 2020 When I decide to "attack" a town's trail system, I make a little game out of it. Look at the list of trails, sort out where they are and how many I can do in one trip, and make a plan. However, when I have Calvin with me, I must sometimes change things on the … [Read more...]
Voluntown’s Town Trails Intro
Voluntown's Town Trails A huge percentage of Voluntown is covered by Pachaug State Forest - Connecticut's largest state forest. The CFPA oversees FOUR trails that course through the rural eastern town. These two entities consume pretty much all the available trail land in the town. But not all of it. … [Read more...]
Langhammer Trail
Puttin' the Langhammer Down Langhammer Trail, Ashford August 2019 I know you don't care a whit about the following sentence, but I'm going to type it anyway. I didn't learn about Langhammer's existence until after I "completed" everything in Ashford. I've always been very clear that when I "complete" a … [Read more...]
Hartford’s Town Trails
Hartford's Town Trails You didn't come here expecting much of anything, did you? Hartford is an 18 square mile city. Like a real city. Sure, there are a few parks - nice parks! - but most don't have any trails per se. Keney Park has trails; lots of trails! And there's the string of parks and efforts along … [Read more...]
BLT: Castlerock Lane
Man in a High Castle Castlerock Lane, Bolton April 2020 There are expensive homes in pretty much every town in Connecticut. I've seen many. I think everyone assumes this to be true, but I also think there are large swaths who would be surprised to know that there are sprawling massive houses in southern Bolton … [Read more...]
LaSalette Trail
Ideas are Blooming LaSalette Trail, Bloomfield & Simsbury At the time of this writing, I have no idea when the gaps in the LaSalette Trail will be closed - or even if they officially will be someday. Nor do I care, really. Such is my excitement for this trail that I'm forging ahead with hiking it and writing about … [Read more...]
Dr. William A. Niering NAP
I Could Take a NAP Here Dr. William A. Niering Natural Area Preserve, Waterford August 2013 I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that no one goes to the Niering NAP with no intention of going anywhere else. Well, maybe that's not true. Perhaps birders go here just to go here. Not that it's not a lovely … [Read more...]
Hampton’s Town Trails
Hampton's Town Trails Hampton is a town that when you mention it, people assume you mean Hamden. Especially if you say, "I'm going to go hiking in Hampton." People will hear "Hamden" and think Sleeping Giant State Park. The irony there is that there are a lot of trails to hike in Hampton - more than just … [Read more...]
Natchaug State Forest Intro
Natchaug State Forest Ashford, Chaplin, Eastford, & Pomfret The name Natchaug means "land between the rivers" and refers to the land at the junction of the Bigelow and Still Rivers which join to form the Natchaug River. The state says that the Forest is popular for its horse trails, outstanding fishing, and … [Read more...]
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