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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
Town Owned Trails
Peakbagging Tallies
Highpointing and Peak-Bagging Intro

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

Hale & Rockwell Trails

July 23, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

This $#!+ Is Bananas, B-a-n-a-n-a-s Colebrook Land Conservancy's Hale & Rockwell Trails, Colebrook July 2024 As of this writing, the Colebrook Land Conservancy manages four trailed properties. The two on this page are combined on their website, so I'm just following suit. And it makes sense, as both are short and … [Read more...]

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

Thompson-Osborn Preserve

July 17, 2024 by Steve 2 Comments

Carboniferific! Thompson-Osborn Preserve, Avon Land Trust, Avon July 2024 "Hey Steve, do you get annoyed when you think you've hiked every land trust trail or all the trails in a town and then they go and add another one?" No! Especially when it's in Avon and the new trail is only 15 minutes from my … [Read more...]

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

David K. Leff “Hidden in Plain Sight” Trail

July 15, 2024 by Steve 2 Comments

Nothing Leff Unexplored David K. Leff "Hidden in Plain Sight" Trail, Hartland July 2024 David would love this short trail. I love this short trail. And I really love that this short trail exists in David's honor. I met David K. Leff on two occasions and on the second, we had a fairly long and winding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartland, Industrial History

Ida Carrington Lowell Land

June 9, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Goochy Bethany Land Trust's Ida Carrington Lowell Land, Bethany May 2024 There's just something about trails that start across people's lawns. On the one hand, a huge thank you is owed to the folks who allow this. On the other, it's often a very awkward thing to walk so closely to someone's house and yard. … [Read more...]

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

Alice Merritt Recreation Area & Berg Field

June 4, 2024 by Steve 2 Comments

This Land Has Hart & Merritt Alice Merritt Recreation Area & Berg Field, Hartland November 2022 & June 2024 Hartland is a beautiful town. If I was a motorcycle rider, I'd go to Hartland every nice day I could. I would ride up Route 20... and keep riding right on past these two adjacent properties and enjoy the … [Read more...]

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

Three Sisters Preserve

May 31, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Three Sisters... Three Disappointments Bethany Land Trust's Three Sisters Preserve, Bethany & Naugatuck May 2024 Hiking newly acquired, newly trailed properties is great. You get to be one of the first people to see and experience something new. Hiking newly acquired, newly trailed properties is terrible. You … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Bethany, Bethany Land Trust, naugatuck

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