Everything Bolton
Completed!
I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. I’ve created CTMQ guides for all 169 cities, towns, and boroughs in the state with the ultimate goal of “completing” them all CTMQ-style.
If I’ve missed anything in town or if anything has closed or changed, please let me know.

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Museums
None
Hikes & Bikes
Explore Connecticut’s Bolton Hiking Guide
Bolton Notch State Park – Intro & Hikes
Gay City State Park – Intro & Hikes
CFPA’s Shenipsit Trail – Intro
Bolton Land Trust Trails – Intro
- Blackledge Marsh
Bobcat Woods
Castlerock Lane
Edith Toomey Clark Property
Freddo Family Preserve
Gorton Family Preserve
Lombardi Ridge Preserve
Bolton’s Town Trails – Intro
- Freja Park
Herrick Park
Nathan Hale Greenway
Rose Trail at the historic Bolton Heritage Farm
Manchester Land Conservation Trust Trails – Intro
Manchester’s Town Trails – Intro
Multi-Use/Rail Trails
Charter Oak Greenway
Hop River State Park Trail – Intro
- Section 1: Colonial Road to Bolton Notch State Park
Section 3: Bolton Notch State Park to Parker Bridge Road
Food & Drink
CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail: Fish Family Farm
CT Chocolate Trail: Munson’s Chocolates
CT Beer Trail: Breakaway Brew Haus (Closed)
Looking for your favorite restaurant? Here is an explanation as to why it’s not here.
Everything Else
W3R NHT Sites: Oliver White Tavern & Campsite
Johnson Pond Falls
Squaw Cave
Bolton Notch Tunnel
Bolton: Complete!
I “completed” Bolton in 2020 but new and/or previously unknown-to-me CTMQ-worthy places and things open all the time, so a town is never really “complete.” I will, of course, continue to visit and write about these new places and things.
Wrap-Up and Completion Celebration Meal at Three J’s Cafe

Heritage Farm (photo from Explore Connecticut)
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