CTMQ’s Guide to Ashford

Everything Ashford

I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Ashford CTMQ-style… as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ.

If I’ve missed anything in town or if anything has closed or changed, please let me know.

Museums

Ashford Academy (Potential Future Museum)
Horizon Wings Raptor Rehab
Lance Arnold Studio and Fairy House Trail
Nathan Hale Heritage Center at June Norcross Webster Camp
Tremko-Stebbins House Museum (Potential Future Museum)

Hikes

Explore Connecticut’s Ashford Outdoors Guide

Natchaug State Forest – Intro
CFPA’s Natchaug Trail – Intro

Nipmuck Trail to Pilfershire Road

CFPA’s Nipmuck Trail – Intro

Marsh Road to Barlow Mill Road

Joshua’s Trust Trails – Intro

Abraham R. and Samuel H. Friedman Forest Preserve

Church Farm Preserve

Fliegel Farm Woods

Iron Mine Valley

Josias Byles Sanctuary

Rankin Preserve

Tinkerville Brook

Ashford’s Town Trails – Intro

Ashford Memorial Park

Langhammer Trail

Pompey Hollow Park

Food & Drink

CT Spirits Trail: Westford Hill Distillers
CT Ice Cream Trail: The Concrete Factory (Closed)

Looking for your favorite restaurant? Here is an explanation as to why it’s not here.

Everything Else

US Oldest: Russian publication
Windham County highpoint: Snow Hill, 1,210 feet
The Ashford Oak
Pixie Falls
Ladies Room Rock
Bakerwoods Farm
Lucas Douglass’s Monument
Transfer Station Library

Ashford: Complete!

I “completed” Ashford in 2017 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.

Ashford Wrap-Up and Completion Celebration Meal at Midway Restaurant & Pizza