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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
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Highpointing and Peak-Bagging Intro

Nature Center Trails

October 23, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Nature Center Trails Let’s see how fast I can write this... in an effort to maintain the largest and most comprehensive list of all trailed properties in Connecticut, certain categories simply don’t fit. Like nature center properties. Some are privately owned, some are town owned, some are Audubon owned, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles

Derby’s Town Trails

October 23, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Derby’s Town Trails Little Derby with one woodland trail. There is a very nice state park in Derby... and where there was once the "Derby River Trail" has now been absorbed by the Naugatuck River Greenway. There is now just one trail around a reservoir in the tiny town. At least hiking Derby will be … [Read more...]

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

Cromwell’s Town Trails

October 23, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cromwell’s Town Trails To be fair to fair Cromwell, Cromwell is a river town. And a golfing town. It's not so much a hiking town. (Although there is a very nice state park with some decent trails... along the river. Because it's a river town.) So the town owned parks and woods are not extensive. But they … [Read more...]

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

HAS: Lewis Farm

October 23, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Suffield HAS It! Lewis Farm, Suffield October 2017 Once in a while, I'll realize that certain things I've done for CTMQ are things that not many others have done. Though I'm sure many people have walked all three of the Hartford Audubon properties. So I'm not really sure why I'm writing this introduction … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: audubon, Hartford Audubon Society, Suffield

Lawrence Road Park

October 21, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Lawrence, Welp South Windsor: Lawrence Road Park ~0.5 miles, June 2017 There are five trailed properties on my South Windsor town trails list. I had this idea to just bundle them all together when I write them up because really, I think we can agree that South Windsor's town trails aren't exactly clickbait … [Read more...]

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

Captain John Bissell Trail

October 21, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Needs More Than a Vacuum Cleaner Windsor, South Windsor, Manchester, & East Hartford, 4.5 miles June 2017 & November 2020 This page was originally just the 1.8 mile path across the Connecticut River. Since that walk, the path has been officially extended to East Hartford where it intersects the Charter Oak … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bike Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: East Hartford, Manchester, South Windsor, Windsor

Windsor Meadows State Park

October 21, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Windsor Meadows State Park Windsor May 19, 2017 I certainly haven't been to every Connecticut state park or state park like entity (of which there are many), but I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that a day of combining Windsor Meadows and the Windsor Locks Canal Trail State Park a few miles north of this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Windsor, windsor meadows state park

Nevers Park

October 21, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Why, I Nevers! South Windsor: Nevers Park ~ 1 mile, June 2017 There are five trailed properties on my South Windsor town trails list. I had this idea to just bundle them all together when I write them up because really, I think we can agree that South Windsor's town trails aren't exactly clickbait … [Read more...]

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

HAS: Station 43

October 18, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Ice Station 43 Station 43, South Windsor January 29, 2014 & A year later I wasn't expecting much from this particular wildlife sanctuary along the Connecticut River in South Windsor, so I didn't really allot all that much time for exploring. Turns out, I was sort of right - at least in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: audubon, Hartford Audubon Society, South Windsor

Metacomet Trail: Section 12

October 16, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Section 12: We’re Still At It! Farmington River to Hatchett Hill Rd, 2.3 miles October 7, 2017 Hello? Is this thing on? Yes? Good. It has been almost exactly SIX years since our last Metacomet Trail section hike. Yup, the last time Hoang and I hiked it was mid-October 2011. Man, time flies. Back then, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Calvin, Damian, East Granby, Great Views, Hikes with my Boys, Hoang, Metacomet Trail, National Scenic Trails, New England National Scenic Trail

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