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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

Windsor’s Town Trails

December 8, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Windsor’s Town Trails Windsor is home to one of the state's worst state parks as well as one of the state's coolest state scenic reserve area things. So it's sort of interesting that town's shining outdoorsy star is the unheralded Northwest Park. There are something like 13 miles of trail there and several … [Read more...]

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

East Granby’s Town Trails

November 29, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

East Granby’s Town Trails There are some nice natural areas in East Granby – especially up on the Metacomet Ridgeline that cuts the town in two from south to north. So it’s no surprise that lots of trailed properties in town are sited on the hillsides and up to the ridge. Cowles Park has sort of been … [Read more...]

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

East Granby Land Trust Trails Intro

November 28, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

East Granby Land Trust Trails East Granby is just... East Granby. It's not all fancified like Granby with its "North Granby" and "West Granby" frou-frou. No, East Granby just goes hard by itself. East. Gran. By. Which is cool and all but the East Granby Land Trust doesn't provide maps online (as of mid-2019) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: East Granby, east granby land trust

Huntington State Park Bears!

November 28, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

... And Wolves Too Anna Hyatt Huntington Sculptures Redding For the uninitiated, I have been a big Stephen Colbert fan for many, many years. (I’ll admit, I no longer watch him now that he’s on CBS, but I was a devotee of his Comedy Central show.) He had a lot of recurring jokes, one of which centered around bears. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Art, Calvin, Damian, huntington state park, Public/Outdoor Art, Redding, Statuary

Bailey’s Ravine at Ayers Gap

November 26, 2018 by Steve 2 Comments

A Gap in My Knowledge Bailey's Ravine at Ayers Gap, Franklin September 2018 If you just want to see the waterfall here, go here. This page is about the whole area and its trails. First things first. Is this still a Nature Conservancy property? Who can tell? As far as I know it is, but the Nature Conservancy's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Franklin, Hikes with my Boys, Nature conservancy trails

Countryside Park & Covered Bridge

November 25, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Might as Well Cover the Whole Countryside Countryside Park Covered Bridge, Avon July 2016 Little Countryside Park, tucked away in western Avon next to the larger Huckleberry Hill property, deserves its own separate identity. This occurred to me as I was looking for information on the covered bridge here and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Avon, Covered Bridges, Damian, Hikes with my Boys

Redding Land Trust Intro

November 24, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Redding Land Trust Redding & Bethel Hoo boy, Redding has not made this easy on me. In the past, one had to go to Redding and find Redding’s “Book of Trails” in order to have any clue where to hike. In 2019, the town/land trust put the book online, making my life much easier. (This, after driving out there to buy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Redding, redding land trust

Redding’s Town Trails Intro

November 24, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Redding's Town Trails Hoo boy, Redding has not made this easy on me. In the past, one had to go to Redding and find Redding's "Book of Trails" in order to have any clue where to hike. In 2019, the town/land trust put the book online, making my life much easier. (This, after driving out there to buy one... a few … [Read more...]

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

BLT: Fetzer Property & Falls (Private)

November 19, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

I Love This House Fetzer Falls at the Fetzer Property, Burlington May 2015 Writing CTMQ has been a great way for me to meet some really interesting people over the years. Many of these people aren’t remotely “famous” or sought out, but that’s okay. They all probably like it that way. One such person is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Burlington, Burlington Land Trust, privately owned trail, Waterfalls

Orange Land Trust Intro

November 12, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Orange Land Trust Orange Orange you glad you clicked on this page? There is such a thing as the Orange Land Trust, and they do own a bunch of little parcels all over town. However, there seems to be some question (from me) as to what is hikeable among them. As far as I can tell, almost nothing. But the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Orange, orange land trust

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