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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

Scantic River State Park Intro

August 3, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Scantic River State Park Enfield, Somers, East Windsor Connecticut’s state forests are often parceled out over many acres in many towns. But our state parks are, for the most part, contiguous with themselves. If that makes sense. It probably doesn’t, but you know what I mean. The Scantic River State Park is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: East Windsor, Enfield, scantic river state park, Somers

Hockanum River Trail 20: Dart Hill North

July 27, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Not a Waste Hockanum River Trails (VGV): Dart Hill North, Vernon ~1.4 miles one way, May 2017 If you are reading these Hockanum River Trails south to north, you have already read the Dart Hills SE & SW Trail 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: Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, hockanum river trail, hockanum river watershed association, Vernon

SCC: West Stafford Conservation Area

July 25, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Kid Rocks Stafford Conservation Commission (SCC): West Stafford Conservation Area ~1.2 Miles, March & July 2017 With approximately 50 billion Connecticut hikes to walk and write about, it’s not often I revisit trails. So now you must be thinking the West Stafford Conservation Area trails must be stupendous. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Cool Rocks, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Stafford, stafford conservation commission

Stafford’s Town Trails

July 25, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Stafford and Its Conservation Commission’s Trails I must say that I’m surprised there aren’t more trails in Stafford. There is a ton of land up there, but a lot of it is farmland. And, I suppose, private. Sure, the Shenipsit wends through town and there’s the state forest and Bald Hill trails... but beyond … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Stafford, stafford conservation commission

Hockanum River Trail 18&19: Dart Hill SE & SW

July 25, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Dartin' Around Vernon Hockanum River Trails (VGV): Dart Hill SE & SW, Vernon ~2 miles total, February/May 2017 If you are reading these Hockanum River Trails south to north, you have already read the Pleasantview Marsh page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. Better yet, start at the beginning with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Damian, Hikes with my Boys, hockanum river trail, Vernon

A.K. Webster Preserve

July 20, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

That Soccer Field Still Gets Me... Northern CT Land Trust: A.K. Webster Preserve, Vernon May 2017 Ah yes, that soccer field. I noted it several years ago while poking around Valley Falls Park. I climbed high above the Hop River Rail Trail (which also hosts a mile or so of the Shenipsit Trail here) to check the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Northern Connecticut Land Trust, Vernon

Vernon Center Middle School Trail

July 20, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Redundant Redundancy Vernon Center Middle School Trail, Vernon ~0.75 miles, May 2017 This seems like a rather odd place for me to finish up everything there is to do in Vernon (as far as this site is concerned, but... it was here, high atop the hill behind Vernon Center Middle School where the boys and I gazed … [Read more...]

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

Eckers Pond

July 18, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

What the Eckers? Northern CT Land Trust: Eckers Pond, Vernon May 2017 Do not read this page as a standalone page. Hiking the Northern Connecticut Land Trust’s Eckers Pond Trail without hiking the town of Vernon’s Center Middle School Trail is almost literally impossible. And if not impossible, it would … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Northern Connecticut Land Trust, Vernon

Wickham Park

July 15, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Chairman of the Bored Wickham Park, Manchester May 2017 I've no idea when you're reading this... or if you're even reading it. But if you're not, why am I talking about you? You're a bum who probably likes Chicago deep dish pizza and wears Crocs. Jerk. For the rest of you erudite and astute members of society, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Gardens, Manchester, privately owned trail, wickham park

TSTL’17.10: Gillette Castle State Park

July 13, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #10 Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam & Lyme April 8, 2017 Lazy/tired/illiterate readers, you’re going to like this page. I don’t really plan on writing too much at all. Me? Not write way too much? That’s right. After all, I’ve written about Gillette … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, East Haddam, Gillette Castle State Park, Great Views, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Lyme, Roads and Tunnels, Sky's the Limit Challenge, Trains and Trolleys

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