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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

Harwinton Land Trust Intro

February 2, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Harwinton Land Trust I'm excited for Harwinton hiking. I don't know why, really. Perhaps because I want to have an identity for Harwinton in my head. I'd driven through it on my way out west (and back) a million times, but I'd never really stopped to check the place out. So many larger/longer trails … [Read more...]

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

Hill-Stead Trails

January 29, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hill-Stead, Not Hill Farmstead Hill-Stead Trails, Farmington January 21, 2018 Hill-Stead is a great museum. Top notch. One of the best. It appears on several CTMQ/state sanctioned cultural trails: The CT Art Trail, CT Women’s Heritage Trail, CT Historic Gardens Trail, and it’s a National Historic Landmark. It’s a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Farmington, Farms, hill-stead museum

Essex’s Town Trails

January 27, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Essex’s Town Trails "Essex's?" Is that right? It doesn't look right. But what else could the possessive of Essex be? Essex has an awesome land trust organization with a phenomenal trail guide. In it, they helpfully include the three (more like two-and-a-half) town of Essex properties as well. I've mentioned … [Read more...]

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

Farmington Reservoir Trails

January 22, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Officially Petitioning for Elephant Shrews Everywhere Farmington: Reservoir Trails ~.75 miles, January 2018 We have a lot of little reservoirs in central Connecticut. As you can imagine, they are hugely important to us residents of central Connecticut. A secondary bonus function of them, besides sustaining our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Cool Rocks, Farmington, Metacomet Trail

Essex Land Trust Intro

January 17, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Essex Land Trust Essex, Deep River, & Old Saybrook Psst! Wanna know a secret? Everyone loves Essex. Hey! I said ESsex. It's a beautiful little town near the mouth of the Connecticut River. It's quaint, even. It's historic. Artistic. Well-kept. Tony. And it has greenspace and a very active land trust to keep up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Deep River, Essex, essex land trust

Farmington Land Trust

January 5, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Farmington Land Trust Farmington I live very close to Farmington, relatively speaking. So it would make sense that I'm well-versed in Farmington hiking opportunities. Alas, weirdly, I am not. Even more weirdly, there are a decent number of trailed properties in the town; many of which I've driven past innumerable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Farmington, farmington land trust

Killingly’s Town Trails

January 2, 2018 by Steve 3 Comments

Killingly’s Trails Killingly me softly... I find Killingly to be one of the most fascinating towns in Connecticut. I can’t really pinpoint why, exactly, but it has a lot to do with the fact it is, perhaps, the ultimate Swamp Yankee town. It has a hardscrabble “downtown” in Danielson, sure, but it has many … [Read more...]

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

Wyndham Land Trust Intro

January 2, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Wyndham Land Trust Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Thompson, Woodstock The Wyndham Land Trust covers pretty much the whole of Windham County, and has holdings in more towns than I've listed above. But as you probably know, I'm only interested in those places at which I can hike - or at least cobble together … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, putnam, Thompson, Woodstock, wyndham land trust

Wigwam Brook Wildlife Sanctuary

December 19, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Wiggin’ Out Litchfield Hills Audubon Society's Wigwam Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, Litchfield Novembers 2017 & 2020 The town of Litchfield has always been interesting to me. Everyone is familiar with its fancy dan “downtown” area; with its restaurants and high-end shopping. But outside of that strip through the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: audubon, Audubon trails, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Litchfield, litchfield hills audubon society

River Highlands State Park

December 15, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

No Puttering About Here River Highlands State Park, Cromwell October 2017 I would guess that when most people here think about “River Highlands” in Cromwell, they think about golf. And by “most people” I mean 99.9% of them. After all, the annual PGA tournatment at TPC River Highlands is a highlight … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, cromwell, Damian, Great Views, Hikes with my Boys, River Highlands State Park

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