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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

Wapping Park

October 11, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Have To Do It... A Wapping Good Time! South Windsor: Wapping Park ~1.5 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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, South Windsor

The Putnam River & Mill Heritage Trails

October 4, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Putnamming One Foot in Front of the Other The Putnam River Mill Heritage & River Trails August 13, 2017 No, I didn’t walk the full length of either of these trails. Not that they aren’t cool and interesting. They just aren’t the types of trails I seek to fully complete. But since Putnam is devoid of any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Dubious Claims, putnam

Round Mountain (CT)

October 2, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Round Mountain (2,280 feet) Salisbury, CT October 1, 2017 2nd on CT Highest Peaks List After summiting Mt. Monadnock, Calvin was itching for another mountain to climb “just like that one last week.” Well, kid, sorry but that’s just not going to happen very easily. But I put my mind to it and figured that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, Peakbagging Tagged With: Calvin, CT17'ers, Hikes with my Boys, Salisbury

TSTL’17.14: Putnam Memorial State Park

September 29, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #14 Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding/Bethel September 2017 Do you want to know something crazy? With this, our 14th and final Sky’s the Limit Challenge hike of 2017, Damian and I have now gone to ALL 42 TSTL challenge points over the last few years. Every. Single. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Bethel, Calvin, Caves & Dens, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Military History, putnam memorial state park, Redding, Sky's the Limit Challenge

Highpointing and Peak-Bagging Intro

September 28, 2017 by Steve 3 Comments

This Page Needs More Prominence! Highpointing & Peakbagging Don't tell anyone, but this is perhaps my favorite pursuit. Moreso than museums. If I had the time, I’d devote a lot of time to these lists. As life would have it, what with two little kids and a job and all that, these are pretty much life-long … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Non-CT, Peakbagging Tagged With: 52WAV, ADK46'ers, Cat35'ers, CT county highpoints, Geographic Extremes, NE111, NE67, NEFF, NEHH, NH48, state highpoints, T25

TSTL’17.13: Farmington Canal State Park Trail

September 27, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #13 Farmington Canal State Park Trail, Cheshire September 16, 2017 The story here has nothing at all to do with the historic lock or the walk or the museum that wasn't open - because it's pretty much never open. So let's dispense with all of that off the bat. We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Canals and Dams, Cheshire, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Sky's the Limit Challenge

Mt. Monadnock

September 26, 2017 by Steve 3 Comments

Mt. Monadnock (3,150 feet) Jaffrey, NH September 21, 2017 25th on 52WAV (Me: 1/52; Calvin: 1/52) 35th on NEFF (Me: 6/50; Calvin 1/50) I could write 5,000 words on this page. But I won’t. Just know that Calvin’s first “real mountain” was pretty much everything I could have dreamed it would be for him. Why? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Peakbagging Tagged With: 52WAV, Calvin, New Hampshire

Major Michael Donnelly Land Preserve

September 20, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Respect South Windsor: Major Michael Donnelly Land Preserve ~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

Danbury’s Town Trails

September 15, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Danbury’s Town Trails Danbury is one of Connecticut’s few true cities. We have a bunch of towns that are officially cities, but when listing city cities, my list is pretty short. Danbury makes the cut. So it’s cool that there are a bunch of trails in Danbury; owned and maintained, ostensibly, by the city. … [Read more...]

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

Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust Intro

September 15, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust Danbury & New Fairfield How exciting! The Land Trust of Danbury and the New Fairfield Land Trust have merged together to form the bigger, stronger, better... Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust! It's funny that I'm seeing this happening more and more in the land trust world; … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust, Danbury, new fairfield

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