You Say Potato, I say Town Owned Property Trails Ostensibly Town Owned Land 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 … [Read more...]
Hampton’s Town Trails Intro
Hampton's Town Trails Hampton is a town that when you mention it, people assume you mean Hamden. Especially if you say, "I'm going to go hiking in Hampton." People will hear "Hamden" and think Sleeping Giant State Park. The irony there is that there are a lot of trails to hike in Hampton. (You can click on … [Read more...]
Seabury Wildwood Trails
Keeping Bloomfield in Control Seabury Wildwood Trails, Bloomfield April 2015 & March 2020 You won't believe this, but this property took me three visits to complete all of its trails. Three! Add a fourth visit to check out the "Large-scale Wintonbury Flying Club Fly-in" and I'm basically a Seabury regular. … [Read more...]
Warren’s Town Trails Intro
Warren's Town Trails Like you, I know nothing about Warren. This is how Warren likes it. I have been able to discern that there is this place called Warren's Woods that is owned by the town. There is a pond there with a pavilion and some picnic tables and stuff. Are there trails there? One trail? I have no … [Read more...]
Westbrook’s Town Trails Intro
Westbrook's Town Trails Westbrook is not Westport. Westbrook is not Westport. Now say it out loud. I don't know if anyone besides me needs this reminder, but I mix the two towns up all the time. I forget which one is the Gold Coast fancy Fairfield County one and which is the fairly undeveloped and rather quiet … [Read more...]
Cornwall’s Town Trails Intro
Cornwall's Town Trails You don't go to Cornwall to hike and end up hiking the town's trail along the Housatonic River. You just don't. It's Cornwall, a land of dozens of fantastic hiking opportunities up mountains and through rolling hayfields with views of covered bridges and white churches. But you're … [Read more...]
Ewen Farm Preserve
Ewww-in Orange Ewen Farm Preserve, Orange January 2020 Our first foray into the wilds of Orange was at the Ewen Farm Preserve, a small parcel of land wedged between a brand new suburban development and an old farm. It typifies what the Orange of today is; a rural farm community that is adding housing as I write. … [Read more...]
Deep River’s Town Trails Intro
Deep River’s Town Trails Deep River Deep River is not a large town, and being down near the mouth of the Connecticut River makes it also a fairly flat town. What deep woods that exist there are part of the Cockaponset State Forest. This is my way of saying that there isn’t too much in the way of town land with … [Read more...]
Elementary School Trails
Takin' Marlborough to School Elmer Thienes - Mary Hall Elementary School Trails, Marlborough February 2020 Ah, CTMQ. My muse. My love. How you drive me crazy with your ridiculous goals. How I was this close to "completing" Marlborough five months before hiking this surprising little trail network behind the town's … [Read more...]
Blish Memorial Park
Blish Blash I Was Taken A Bath… Blish Memorial Park, Marlborough November 2019 When I put my page together listing Marlborough’s town trails, I wavered on this one. I know I read somewhere that the town park included a trail or trails. Months passed and when I was planning a trip to Marlborough – there’s a … [Read more...]
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