Granby Land Trust Trails I like Granby. To get it out of the way, Granby includes North Granby and West Granby, but East Granby is its own town. East Granby’s just a’ight. Granby, along with Suffield, suffers the ignominy of being invaded by Southwick, Massachusetts – so all Nutmeggers should have a soft spot … [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
28b. Balsam Mountain (Winter)
Balsam Mountain, 3,610 Feet February 21, 2014 5.2 miles solo from Rider Hollow parking lot. #28 on the Catskills 3500 List Having completed my hike up and down Slide Mountain, I drove over to continue my day of snow-shoeing the Cats. I missed the turn off of route 28 initially and wasted a good 20 minutes … [Read more...]
Slide Mountain (Winter)
Slide Mountain, 4180 Feet February 21, 2014 5.4 miles solo via Pheonecia East Branch and W-C-S Trails # 1 on the Catskills 3500 List # 68 on the Northeast 111 (115) List I made the decision years ago to not go crazy with the writing on my Catskills pages. And when I write up the four required winter climbs (of … [Read more...]
Sessions Woods WMA
Hiking Sessions Session Woods WMA Multiple hikes You know what the most ridiculous thing you’ll read today is? This: I don’t think anyone else has ever used “Hiking Sessions” as a title for a description of hiking at Sessions Woods. What the heck is wrong with people? Is there really any other title for … [Read more...]
Sessions Woods Observation Tower
Sessions Woods Observation Tower Sessions Woods WMA, Burlington ~30' high Back when I started the list of towers and observation decks around Connecticut, a commenter noted that I was missing the Sessions Woods fire tower. I remember my initial thought was that the commenter was nuts. For I had, I … [Read more...]
Avalonia: Knox Family Farm Preserve
Knox on Wood Knox Family Farm Preserve, Stonington February 1, 2014 I used this hike as sort of a test. Could I drive to the furthest (by time) spot in Connecticut (more or less) alone with my two boys, hike a long (for them) hike, go to lunch, go to Beer'd Brewing (since I'd be down there), and then drive home. … [Read more...]
Sessions Woods/Negro Hill Brook Falls
Falls so Cool They be Ice Sessions Woods Falls, Burlington February 2014 The Connecticut Waterfalls 2013 guidebook notes that these falls are “south of Burlington," which would mean Bristol. They are not in Bristol, I promise. Anyway, these falls are as far away from the Sessions Woods visitor's center as … [Read more...]
Avalonia Land Conservancy Trails
Avalonia Land Conservancy Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Stonington Okay, who took geology in college? You did? Awesome. I did too and while it was just one sort of side class for me I really enjoyed it. And no, “Rocks for Jocks” doesn’t count, I mean a real geology class. UConn … [Read more...]
Burlington Land Trust Intro
Burlington Land Trust Burlington Imagine one of those commercials or lame sitcom scenes where a person at the register is the 1,000,000th customer or whatever and a bunch of balloons are dropping and sirens blaring in celebration. Because that’s you right now. You’re the winner! Congratulations! You, … [Read more...]
Burlington’s Town Trails
Burlington's Town Trails I love Burlington hiking. There is a lot of it. Much of it great. But for years, it all seemed to be CFPA or Nature Conservancy or state land trails. And then... voila! The town purchased a beautiful property and the local land trust helped clear some trails and now we have some content to … [Read more...]
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