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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

Portland’s Town Trails Intro

November 8, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Portland’s Town Trails I don’t know how many Portlands there are in America, but everyone is familiar with the big two in Maine and Oregon; two states known for fantastic hiking and backwoods experiences. Our own little Portland also has a lot of hiking and backwoods to experience. A huge swath of the town is … [Read more...]

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

James Property

November 3, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Jamesy-Pie Simsbury Land Trust's James Property, Simsbury October 2015 My younger son Calvin has a friend named James and he calls him Jamesy-Pie for some reason that no one can explain. It is not said as an insult; it's actually used endearingly the best as I can tell, and Jamesy-Pie doesn't mind it. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Simsbury, Simsbury Land Trust

GLT: Fox Brook Preserve

October 26, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

Gosh Darn Nice Goshen Land Trust, Goshen, 0.7 Miles March 2016 When you skim this page it will have no effect on you. And it shouldn’t. It’s just another short little trail you’ll likely never seek out featuring a little boy you’ll never know. But a lot of my inspiration to write up all the stuff that I do really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Goshen, Goshen Land Trust, Hikes with my Boys

New London Town Trails Intro

October 18, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

New London’s Town Trails At a hair over 5.5 square miles, the city of New London is the second smallest of Connecticut’s 169 towns. Everyone goofs on Derby for being the smallest, but New London only has half a square mile on it. It’s kind of like being from Delaware, as I am, and moving to Connecticut only to hear … [Read more...]

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

Lisbon’s Town Trails Intro

October 16, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Lisbon’s Town Trails There are nice trails in Lisbon, Maine and others in Lisbon, Portugal. As for our own little Lisbon, Connecticut… well, there are trails. And that’s cool, right? I like little trail networks in little eastern Connecticut towns. They are generally flat and featureless, but therein lies … [Read more...]

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

Brooklyn’s Town Trails

October 14, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Brooklyn’s Town Trails This… could get interesting. You’ll see below a nice list of seven trails in Brooklyn. Three land trusts manage property and maintain trails in town. A town that, on paper, should have this number of trailed properties. However, while putting this page’s list together – as well as … [Read more...]

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

Bolton Land Trust Intro

October 2, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Bolton Land Trust Bolton My wife randomly asked me yesterday if Bolton was a town with "nothing" to do for CTMQ. Unfortunately for her, this led to a flood of information for which she was not prepared and about which she did not care. It was Bozrah, not Bolton! Heck, Bolton has a land trust with at least … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Bolton, bolton land trust

New Britain’s Town Trails

September 28, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

New Britain’s Town Trails I make no secret of my love for New Britain. I've said it many times on this here website. This isn't the page to explain my feelings, which is probably weird as this is the page that will leave you wondering why. I like to hike. New Britain doesn't really offer anything in the way … [Read more...]

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

East Hartford Nature Park

September 27, 2019 by Steve 5 Comments

Nature Always Wins East Hartford Nature Park, East Hartford June 2019 Ever heard of East Hartford’s eponymous nature park? No? Me neither. How about those of you from East Hartford? Maybe? No? That’s okay, I understand. It’s also why CTMQ is here for you. East Hartford Nature Park is a real place with … [Read more...]

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

MJ Williams Park

September 25, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Putt-Putting Around MJ Williams Park, East Hartford June 2019 This is a Manchester Land Conservation Trust property. I’ve begun two other MLCT posts with the following: You know how you think I’m nuts? Like, “what is wrong with that dude and why does he care about doing this stuff nuts?” I hear you. It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: East Hartford, manchester land conservation trust

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