Well, Well, Wellner, What Do We Have Here? Wellner Family Conservation Area, Avon Land Trust, Avon November 2023 Imagine being me and wanting to get out into the woods and finding out that the Avon Land Trust recently opened a newly cleared set of trails just 15 minutes away? Super exciting, right? Right. … [Read more...]
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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
CTfastrak Multi-Use Trail
Hoodie Ride Newington & New Britain November 2023 A month before Christmas Calvin and I went on a quickie 10-mile out and back jaunt along the CTfastrak bike trail. He was was too big for his bike at the time, but this would be the last ride before we traded up to an adult bike. The kid is 5'7" now and is still … [Read more...]
Somersville Mill Trail
Late Fall in Somers Somersville Mill Trail, Enfield & Somers November 2023 My wife has asked me on occasion if I remember every trail I hike for this website. For years, I'd confidently answer "yes." In fact, my hubris was so great that I would claim that I'd know on which trail any given picture was taken. … [Read more...]
Frederick White Farm Trails
White Farm, Brown Socks Frederick White Farm Trails, Durham November 2023 I like a good farm hike. I really like a good farm hike when the trails are well maintained. At the White Farm in Durham, the town does the best they can with what they have. They certainly can't help that many of the trails are … [Read more...]
Graham Thompson Preserve
Crackers! Graham Thompson Preserve, Litchfield Land Trust, Litchfield November 2023 & 2025 I swear something weird happens to me every November in Litchfield. For several years running now, I reserve a turkey at Bunnell Farm in town and of course plan some CTMQ'ing around that trip. This usually involves some … [Read more...]
Coginchaug Cave
Chaugging Along Coginchaug Cave, Durham November 2023 I'd been to this fake cave before, way back in 2008 when it was right along the Mattabesett Trail. In fact, it was on the main trail for many decades, until a 2021 reroute put it onto the "Coginchaug Cave Connector" trail. This reroute is an excellent one, … [Read more...]
Tri-Mountain State Park
Tri-Mountain State Park Durham & Wallingford Connecticut has a lot of state parks and that's great! But when you hear some of the eye-popping numbers, keep in mind some of our state parks are like Tri-Mountain State Park in Wallingford and Durham. Tri-Mountain State Park is simply an isolated stretch of woods … [Read more...]
Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary
Wedged Woods Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary, Southington October 2023 I've walked a few of these weirdly wedged-in trails before, and they always amaze me. Wedgewood in Southington is wedged in an oblong patch of woods behind backyards of an oval neighborhood. It's as amazing as it is weird that it exists as a … [Read more...]
Lake Williams State Park Scenic Reserve
Lake People Lake Williams State Park Scenic Reserve, Lebanon Multiple Visits Once or twice a year, we become Lake People. It happens when our friends Sean and Marni invite us to their little lake house on Lake Williams in Lebanon to spend a day doing things Lake People do. What do Lake People do? Lake … [Read more...]
IAIS Trails
I IS what I AM Washington April 2019 The Institute for American Indian Studies has nature trails. Not extensive nature trails, but they have trails. Mapped and blazed trails. And that means they get a page unto themselves here on CTMQ. The Institute for American Indian Studies has a FAQ section on their … [Read more...]
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