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CTMQ > Hikes, Bikes & Paddles

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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

Stratton Brook State Park Trails

November 4, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

Twigs & Stratton Stratton Brook State Park Trails October 27, 2013 I’ve been to Stratton Brook a bunch of times, but only to take Damian sunning and swimming at the pond over there. Oh, and there’s one of the smallest nature center “museums” over there as well. But this page is about the park in general … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Beach, Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Simsbury, stratton brook state park

Woodbury’s Town Trails

November 4, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Woodbury's Town Trails Fun fact: Someone from Philly or the surrounding area will likely pronounce Waterbury and Woodbury so similarly, you won't be able to tell the two apart in conversation. I used to be like that until my (now) wife fixed me. I used to also think that towns themselves didn't have … [Read more...]

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

Town Owned Trails

October 30, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

169 Towns, 10,069 Trails (est.) Town Managed/Owned Trails This section has always been sort of hard to define, but now that I've focused more on what's out there in the woods, I've come to love it. Almost every trail you'll navigate to through this page is on land owned by the town it is in. That's the idea … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes

Arnold Preserve

October 29, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

Hey Arnold! Canton Land Conservation Trust, Canton October 2013 This page exists for historical reasons. "The Arnold Preserve" is more or less part of the CCLT's Onion Mountain complex of trails... or part of the Roaring Brook Nature Center's trail network. But I wrote this back when I was just learning about land … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Canton, Canton Land Conservation Trust

Canton Land Conservation Trust Trails

October 26, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

Canton Land Conservation Trust Trails Canton, Barkhamsted, & Burlington When most people think of Canton, they think of the route 44 corridor. The built up area including, most notably, the Shoppes at Farmington Valley. The Shoppes used to be a golf course, which in my mind, are just as environmentally damaging as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Canton, Canton Land Conservation Trust

Land Trust Trails

October 26, 2013 by Steve 2 Comments

Land Trust Me, You Don't Want to Do This Connecticut’s Land Trusts & Their Trails For several years, this introductory paragraph used to say some stuff about how this page was ridiculous because no way would I ever even consider hiking all of the trails on all of our various land trusts’ properties. I just didn’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes

Case

October 24, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Terry’s Pain in the Butt Area Simsbury Land Trust's Case, formerly Terry’s Plain Area, Simsbury October 2013 Because I care about you, dear reader (and the singular is probably apt here), I have thought long and hard about how to best present the trails and historical sites in this unique little part of Simsbury. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Land Trust Hikes, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Military History, Simsbury, Simsbury Land Trust, State WMA

Farmington River/Tariffville Walk

October 8, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Drugs are a Dead End Farmington River/Tariffville Walk, Simsbury Land Trust October 2013 Ok, listen: You can skip this one. With so many beautiful and darn near pristine land trust properties in Simsbury, this one doesn’t really need to be on your list. Oh sure, it’s a lovely and important property – but it’s … [Read more...]

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

Massacoe State Forest (Great Pond Block)

September 22, 2013 by Steve 2 Comments

Great Pond... Or Greatest Pond? Massacoe State Forest (Great Pond Block), Simsbury September 2013 Sure, I have (literally) over 100 other pages to write about older experiences for CTMQ, but whatever. I’m writing this one from yesterday first. Because I can. And because I am one proud and happy dad. Sort of. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Hikes with my Boys, Simsbury, video

Bog Walk

September 15, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

Bog Walk Trail Simsbury Land Trust's Bog Walk, Simsbury September 2013 I had planned for this "hike" to be the first "hike" for my two-year-old. As a father, I often daydream about hiking with my sons much like 60's television had us believing that all dads wanted to play baseball with their kids. This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Simsbury, Simsbury Land Trust

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