Doin' the ol' Van Otterloop Van Otterloo Preserve, ~.5 mile, Bloomfield February 2016 There exists - I swear - a dedicated group of people who are more or less familiar with all these tiny little properties with very limited visitation. They are some of my best readers in that they follow me on both Twitter (RIP … [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
Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy Intro
Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy (formerly Wintonbury Land Trust) Bloomfield, East Granby, & Windsor In April 2023 the East Granby, Wintonbury (Bloomfield), and West Hartford Land Trusts merged to form the Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy. These consolidations make sense for a dozen reasons and I suspect we'll see … [Read more...]
Auerfarm State Park Scenic Reserve
”Oww-er, It’s Cold” Auerfarm Trail, Bloomfield January 5, 2016 All Things Auer Farm So far, the winter of 2015-16 has been absurdly mild. Mid-60’s on Christmas Eve and nearly 60-degrees today, at the end of January. In fact, it’s only been truly cold maybe two days so far this winter. So of course I went … [Read more...]
Samuel Wheeler Reed Park
Wheel on By This One Samuel Wheeler Reed Park, Bloomfield April 25, 2015 Bloomfield has a surprising amount of parks, parkland, land trust property, and the like. This is probably "surprising" because people think Bloomfield is way more urban than it actually is. Sure, it sits atop Hartford and shares some urban … [Read more...]
Dodge Paddock/Beal Preserve
Couldn’t Dodge Sandy Dodge Paddock/Beal Preserve , Stonington May 16, 2015 This post pretty much represents everything I love about these particular tiny little land trust properties – and every reason why I continue exploring them and writing about them. This little place is only 3.68 acres. The “hike” on the … [Read more...]
WLT: Farnam Field
Um, Kestrels are Really Cool Farnam Field, .5 mile, Wallingford Land Trust January 16, 2015 I have no idea when you're reading this, but for some reason, once I started doing these little Wallingford Land Trust hikes, they've received way more interest than I'd ever thought possible. So I'm just going to keep on … [Read more...]
Wallingford’s Town Trails Intro
Wallingford’s Town Trails Wallingford, aka, Walli-World. I have some friends there, and I always enjoy the tap list at the Westbrook Lobster in town. But it was hiking the Mattabesett Trail over in eastern Wallingford that really showed me that this town has a lot more to offer than most people think. Then I … [Read more...]
WLT: Fresh Meadows
Fresh as a Fetid Swamp Fresh Meadows, .5 mile, Wallingford Land Trust January 10, 2015 Do not hike this hike. Seriously. Don't. Now, I'm a guy who hikes any hike anywhere. I revel in the obscure, the urban, the creepy, and the strange. I am drawn to weird little land trust properties squeezed into … [Read more...]
WLT: Orchard and Spruce Glen
Not Bad. Could be Spruced up a Bit Orchard and Spruce Glen, ~2 miles, Wallingford Land Trust January 10, 2015 On the last day of a very long Christmas break with my children, I had to get out of the house. I had to hike. My random choice of Wallingford Land Trust trails was only slightly random: WLT can be … [Read more...]
Wallingford Land Trust Intro
Wallingford Land Trust Wallingford Before I began this website all those years ago, I had a fairly low opinion of Wallingford. Then a couple things happened: I visited Gouveia Vineyards and hiked the Mattabesett Trail east of I-91. Both are beautiful and have a definite remote feel. In Wallingford. My … [Read more...]
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