Monroe's Town Trails Monroe is named for the 5th president of the United States, one President James Monroe. He had literally nothing to do with Connecticut during his life and career as best I can tell. And I found this to be a rather ironic fact: During his presidential election, Monroe received 183 of the 217 … [Read more...]
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Madison’s Town Trails
Madison's Town Trails If you told 100 people to tell you what they'd do if told to spend a day in Madison, I figure the breakdown would be as follows: 80 to Hammonasset Beach, 15 to wine and dine in fancy restaurants, 3 to explore "downtown", 1 to go to the history museums and one to go hiking. And that's a … [Read more...]
Durham’s Town Trails
Durham's Town Trails It is my strong contention that the only thing people think about when they think about Durham is the Durham Fair. And that's fair. I suppose. But there are some decent properties for hiking around the rural town, and while I have no idea how nice the "town owned" tracts are as I write … [Read more...]
Huckleberry Hill
Huck, Huck, Huck Huckleberry Hill Trails, Avon December 2018 My seven-year-old son was looking at one of my maps and had some questions. The map in question was my map of Connecticut towns and at the time, 11 were colored in green. It was also time to color in a 12th. That town was Burlington and the reason for … [Read more...]
Middlefield’s Town Trails
Middlefield’s Town Trails Middlefield, which isn’t in the middle of the state nor covered by fields, is a nice little town that is sort of hidden amongst some better known cities and towns in its part of the state. And yet, tons of people go to Middlefield whether they know it or not. Lyman Orchards is sort of a … [Read more...]
Plymouth’s Town Trail Intro
Plymouth’s Town Trail Plymouth Plymouth is one of those towns that most people refer to as another name. In this case, it’s Terryville. I’ve known a bunch of people who’ve claimed they were from Terryville. I’ve never known anyone who says they’re from Plymouth. It’s a weird Connecticut thing I’m finally getting … [Read more...]
New Milford’s Town Trails Intro
New Milford’s Town Trails New Milford is the largest town by area in Connecticut. The largest lake in Connecticut is in New Milford. There are trails on land managed by nearly 10 different entities. What I’m sayin’ is, there’s a lot of land with a lot of trails in this, one of the most pain in the butt towns for … [Read more...]
Jesse F. Smith Memorial Forest
Jesse's Burl Jesse F. Smith Memorial Forest, Suffield July 2018 Those of you who know me - or at least know a little bit about how I operate - won't be too surprised to read that it took me three attempts to hike this little property. THREE. Why? I don't really know. The forest entrance was closed for … [Read more...]
Windsor’s Town Trails
Windsor’s Town Trails Windsor is home to one of the state's worst state parks as well as one of the state's coolest state scenic reserve area things. So it's sort of interesting that town's shining outdoorsy star is the unheralded Northwest Park. There are something like 13 miles of trail there and several … [Read more...]
East Granby’s Town Trails
East Granby’s Town Trails There are some nice natural areas in East Granby – especially up on the Metacomet Ridgeline that cuts the town in two from south to north. So it’s no surprise that lots of trailed properties in town are sited on the hillsides and up to the ridge. Cowles Park has sort of been … [Read more...]
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