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Town Owned Trails

Sperry Park & Falls

May 11, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

Sperry: Not for Sperrys Sperry Park & Falls, Woodbridge January 2021 Sorry Woodbridge, I'm letting your secret out of the bag. It's just what I do. And I won't stop here either, as I darn well know of other things within your borders that you like to keep to yourself. Although I guess in non-winter, non-pandemic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Justin Coleman Photography, Waterfalls, Woodbridge

Hoppers-Birge Pond Nature Preserve

May 6, 2021 by Steve 3 Comments

Oh Snap! Hoppers-Birge Pond Nature Preserve, Bristol October 2014 Downtown Bristol, baby. Certainly one of the favored whipping posts of state residents. Not quite a big city, not a suburb, Bristol falls somewhere in between; a post-industrial small city that never regained its footing after several large … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Bristol, Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys

Barnes Nature Center & Pigeon Hill Preserve Trails

April 29, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

A Baby Pigeon! Barnes Nature Center & Pigeon Hill Preserve Trails, Bristol & Burlington November 2020 The super fun thing about pursuing my ridiculous goals for this website is keeping on top of things in towns which I've "completed" previously. Take Burlington. I "completed" Burlington in 2018 and it's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post, Town Land Hikes

Auer Farm

April 8, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

All Things Auer Farm Bloomfield Auer Farm is referred to as "Auerfarm" just as often as "Auer Farm". I don't know which is more correct, so you'll see it both ways on the various pages I've written about various aspects of the park and farm. And oh, there are several pages - enough to warrant this page. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: auer farm, Bloomfield

Auer Farm Trails

April 8, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

An Auer of Chaos Auer Farm, Bloomfield December 2020 All Things Auer Farm, which is also called Auerfarm. This page is a bit silly. Not that Auer Farm is silly - it's not. The page is silly because I have too many separate pages on Auer Farm. And now two separate pages on the trails at the property. (The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: auer farm, Bloomfield, Calvin, Farm, Hikes with my Boys

Valley Brook Church Trails

March 29, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Lift Me Up (To The Top of The Hill) Valley Brook Church Trails, Granby December 2020 As I begin to write about the trails at this large church in North Granby, I'm suddenly wondering how many mapped and blazed public trails exist at churches around Connecticut. Probably not too many, but I don't really have any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Granby

Christensen Pond

March 27, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Horsing Around Christensen Pond, Granby November 2020 Look, if I made the effort to "hike" here, the least you could do is spend the next 90 seconds of your life reading about it. No? You don't? Of course you don't. Why would you? You could at least look at this pretty picture though. See? It looks like a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Granby

Case Mountain Trails (South)

March 24, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Head Case Case Mountain Trails (South) Manchester & Glastonbury November 2020 I have split the Case Mountain Trail network into northern and southern sections. If you're not familiar with the large tract of woods at the corners of Manchester, Glastonbury, and Hebron, let me be the first to tell you that it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: case mountain recreational area, Glastonbury, Manchester

Rose Trail at the historic Bolton Heritage Farm

March 10, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Rose is a Heritage is a Rose Rose Trail at the historic Bolton Heritage Farm April 2020 After hiking this property and only then learning of its recent troubled past, I must say that I'm shocked. One would think that the handsome old farm with sweeping views across the historic fields and hills where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Bolton, Calvin, Hikes with my Boys

Roaring Brook Falls Park

March 8, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Roaring? I'd be Lion. Roaring Brook Falls Park, Cheshire July 2014 This is a weird one. Roaring Brook Falls is most often cited as Connecticut's "largest waterfall" in the sense that it contains the largest single drop of any falls in the state. Somewhere around 80-feet of drop. Awesome. That mention almost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Cheshire, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Justin Coleman Photography, Waterfalls

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