Give a Man a Fisher... Fisher Farm Open Space, Avon & Farmington July 2010 & November 2025 This trail has matured and grown since my 2010 visit. It's great now. My 2010 advice: Don’t bother. Unless you are 100% immune to poison ivy and get your jollies hiking through pancake-flat meadows and woods, there’s … [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
Avon’s Town Trails
Avon's Town Trails Avon is a great example of why keeping up with CTMQ is both impossible and fun. Since I began the site in 2006, Avon has done a fantastic job with the trail system it manages. They have connected what used to be a disjointed mishmash of properties and now one can hike long, contiguous … [Read more...]
Newington’s Town Trails
Newington's Town Trails No one ever thinks about Newington. Not even me, even though I'm often as close as two minutes away from it when I am in my own town of West Hartford. Well, that used to be me, until the town voted for one Mr. Stephen Woods for mayor in 2012. Although he has an extra 's' on his name, I still … [Read more...]
Farmington’s Town Trails
Farmington's Town Trails I spend far too much time on these "town trail intro" pages. They really don't serve much purpose for anyone other than me. After all, who understands the vagaries of "town trails" vs. similar introduction pages for the local land trust trails (among others)? But the real issue is the … [Read more...]
HAS: Greenstone Hollow Nature Preserve
What Did YOU Do on 11-12-13? Greenstone Hollow, East Granby November 12, 2013 I admit, I went to this little property up route 187 thinking it would be a “nothing” little walk. Of course, there’s not many miles of trail here and literally zero feet of elevation gain. I just wanted to finally get an … [Read more...]
*Hike Smart, Hike Safe*
Don't be Stupid Hike Safely I’m writing this page for a very simple reason: Because I get asked fairly often by novice hikers to point them to trails that would suit them. I take great pleasure introducing people to some of what Connecticut has to offer – often so close to high population densities. But … [Read more...]
Helen’s Way
What? Heroin Hookery? Helen's Way and the Great Blue Heron Rookery, Simsbury November 2013 I went to see longtime online friend and Courant writer Peter Marteka give a presentation at the Simsbury Library all about “Hidden Hikes in Connecticut.” Easily one of my favorite topics in the world and the talk did not … [Read more...]
Owens Brook Trail (Gone)
Owens Brook Trail Simsbury Land Trust November 2013 This page is stupid, as this trail hasn't existed since maybe 2000 or so - but appeared in the first version of the Simsbury Walk Book I owned. Don't even read this page. Seriously. I went to see longtime online friend and Courant writer Peter Marteka give a … [Read more...]
Roaring Brook Nature Center Trails
Roaring Brook Nature Center Trails Nature Center/State Land, Canton August & October 2013 I’ve been to Roaring Brook a whole bunch of times - (here’s the first time Damian and I visited the nature center museum – notable as it was the first time he stood up on his own and let go of a supporting structure... at 27 … [Read more...]
Stratton Brook State Park Trails
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...]
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