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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

Old Lyme Land Trust Intro

March 26, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Old Lyme Land Trust Old Lyme Lyme, CT was established in 1667. Old Lyme, CT was established in 1855. Wrap your head around that fact and then spend some time poking around Old Lyme which certainly should be New Lyme. The town’s land trust has been around since 1966 and has acquired over 1,000 acres of land … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Old Lyme, old lyme land trust

FLT: Mountain Spring Nature Trail

March 19, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

S'No Problem Farmington Land Trust: Mountain Spring Nature Trail ~1.5 Mile, March 2018 When I put my introductory pages together, few people realize how difficult it sometimes is. It's not like volunteers at land trusts are obsessed with trail-listing accuracy. And I don't blame them. And since we have over 100 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Farmington, farmington land trust, Hikes with my Boys

Hockanum River Trail 21: West Road Trail

March 11, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Good Ol' Smellington Hockanum River Trail: West Road Trail, Ellington ~1 mile one way, March 2018 If you are reading these Hockanum River Trails south to north, you have already read the Dart Hill North page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. Better yet, start at the beginning with the HRT … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Ellington, hockanum river trail, hockanum river watershed association

Power Dams Trail

March 5, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Fight the Power Power Dams Trail, Farmington March 2018 I hike a lot. I don’t necessarily mean miles upon miles, but rather, lots of different little trails. Many would suppose that they all run together and become repetitive after a while. Many would be wrong. It’s not just that each trail has something … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Farmington, Hikes with my Boys, Industrial History

I AM A GIANT MASTER

March 1, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Master What? I AM A GIANT MASTER Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden I have done a lot of things for CTMQ. I am inarguably the first/only person to have done a lot of things I have done. I rarely think and don’t really care about hardly any of that stuff though. However, I very much do care about being the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Giant Master, Hamden, national recreation trail, Sleeping Giant State Park

Sleeping Giant: Quinnipiac/Blue Trail

March 1, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

SGSP E-W Traverse (Quinnipiac/Blue Trail) and Connectors Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, ~4.5 miles total (solo) October 20, 2012 This page is a couple of things: The completion of my Sleeping Giant State Park Giant Master challenge and the beginning of my Quinnipiac Trail hike. It’s not as confusing as it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Giant Master, Great Views, Hamden, national recreation trail, Observation Towers, Quinnipiac Trail, Sleeping Giant State Park

Hamden’s Town Trails

February 28, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hamden’s Town Trails I decided at some point that I would have a “town trails introduction” page for every town in Connecticut with trails traversing town-owned property. I have written many of these little intro pages, and this is a rare one with asterisks. Hamden is a vexing little town when it comes to … [Read more...]

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

Farmington Memorial Town Forest

February 12, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Getting to the Core of Things Memorial Town Forest Trails, Farmington February 4, 2018 I wrote this opening salvo on my Suburban Park Trails page: Farmington does this really great thing – beyond just preserving lots of greenspace. They seem to like to keep historic remnants of days gone by. You know, like the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Farmington, Hikes with my Boys, Military History

Suburban Park Trails

February 5, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Going Sub-Suburban Suburban Park Trails, Farmington January 28, 2018 Farmington does this really great thing – beyond just preserving lots of greenspace. They seem to like to keep historic remnants of days gone by. You know, like the creepy old zoo off of route 6. And here, at Suburban Park. I forced the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Farmington, Hikes with my Boys

Harwinton’s Town Trails

February 2, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Harwinton’s Town Trails This is nice. A town that puts a focus on its natural resources. The town of Harwinton maintains a trail network on land right next to the town offices and such. Pay your taxes, then go for a hike. Attend a planning and zoning meeting, then go for a hike on some land zoned for hiking … [Read more...]

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

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