Do Wap Nothern Connecticut Land Trust: Wapping Bog, East Windsor April 2019 Wapping Bog has no marked trails and it's not really a place anyone would ever want to explore to any extent but it's called "Wapping Bog" and there's a sign so here we are. On Wapping Road in East Windsor. It looks like 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
Scantic River State Park (East Windsor)
Frantic Along the Scantic Scantic River State Park, East Windsor ~2 miles, April 2019 Many hikes are ultimately calculated risks. Whether you are in the Andes hugging a vertical wall for dear life or trekking through a snowstorm or a desert. We don't have to make too many of these life or death choices here in … [Read more...]
New Canaan’s Town Trails
New Canaan's Town Trails New Canaan is one of the wealthiest towns in the country. Depending on which measure one uses, it's always going to land in the top 0.01% or so of wealthy towns. And that explains why one of the more popular town-owned spots to walk takes you past this summer home: That was owned by … [Read more...]
Canterbury’s Town Trails
Canterbury's Town Trails I have a few Canterbury tales, but none yet involve hiking in the rural town. And when all is said and done, I'm not sure how many tales I'll ultimately have. For there is scant hiking here, and what is here... probably isn't all that exciting. But that's why I do what I do. What … [Read more...]
Stratford’s Town Trails Intro
Stratford's Town Trails Stratford A riverside and coastal town, Stratford has a few things going for it. Like beaches and rivers and stuff. Yet, it's not mentioned in the same breath as, say, Old Saybrook or Stonington which are similarly situated. But I'm here to seek out the little town parks and trails … [Read more...]
New England Forestry Foundation Intro
New England Forestry Foundation East Lyme, Hartland, Pomfret, Woodstock Welcome to another one of those weird pages that is a category unto itself. The New England Forestry Foundation is... a foundation that cares about forests in New England. They own four forests in Connecticut and they claim that they have … [Read more...]
NCLT: Swann Farm
My Swann Song (For a Week or Two) Northern Connecticut Land Trust (NCLT): Swann Farm, Ellington 0.5 miles, March 2019 Normally, I would write up a half-mile hike, hit publish, link it at the appropriate places, not really tell anyone, and call it a day. But this half-mile hike, which is certainly not a hike I'd … [Read more...]
Pomfret’s Town Trails Intro
Pomfret's Town Trails Pomfret A pomfret is a kind of fish. Not a fish you can find in Pomfret, mind you, but a fish nonetheless. I'm telling you this here because there's really not another place on this website I can do so. So here you are. Here's a pomfret: This fish story is a distraction away from the … [Read more...]
Hockanum River Trail 23: Windemere Avenue
That's Some Kinda Bridge Hockanum River Trails: Windemere Avenue, Vernon & Ellington ~1.3 miles one way, March 2019 If you are reading these Hockanum River Trails south to north you have already read... there's no single way to hike the Ellington trails, so I have no idea where you've come from. But you can go … [Read more...]
Southbury’s Town Trails
Southbury's Town Trails Southbury Southbury has a little Russian Village. It has an elderly village. And it was once a staging ground for Nazis in the 1930's. Dam! Yes, it has a big dam too. And it has some trails overseen by the town itself. Lots of them, actually. I can't vouch for their awesomeness as I … [Read more...]
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