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CTMQ’s Guide to Avon

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Everything Avon

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” Avon 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.


All The CTMQ Avon Stuff

Museums

1st Co. Horse Guard Barn Museum (Potential future museum)
1st Co. Horse Guard Cavalry Museum (Closed)
Derrin House
Farmington Valley Arts Center
Ordway Gallery and Hall of Fame at Avon Old Farms
Pine Grove Schoolhouse
Schoolhouse No. 3 (Closed & Potential future museum)
Talcott Mountain Science Center

Hikes & Bikes

Talcott Mountain State Park – Intro
Horse Guard State Scenic Reserve
Nod Brook WMA

CFPA’s Metacomet Trail – Intro

    Section 9: Weather Or Not… We Hike
    Section 10: A Towering Achievement

Avon Land Trust Trails – Intro

    Garvin-Maher Trails at Hunter’s Run
    Skyline Trail
    Oakes Preserve

Avon Town Trails – Intro

    Alsop Meadows
    Countryside Park
    Fisher Farm Open Space
    Fisher Meadows
    Found Land
    Hazen Park
    Huckleberry Hill Recreation Area

Multi-Use/ Rail Trails

Farmington Canal Heritage Trail – Intro

    Section 2: Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury to Red Oak Hill Drive, Farmington

Food & Drink

J. Foster Ice Cream
Hopmeadow Brewing Company

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

Everything Else

US Oldest: First Company Governor’s Horse Guards
World’s Largest: Solar System Model (RIP)
Chrissie D’Esopo’s Flower House
James H. MacDonald Monument
The Church of Saint Ann
Giant Goofy Rocking Chair
(Indoor!) ET Sign
The story of Climax Road
Countryside Park Covered Bridge
Smoke, Fire and Angels, Mark Robinson
The Night Country, Stewart Onan

Avon Wrap-Up

I “completed” Avon in June 2019 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.

Completion Celebration meal and Avon Recap at The North House!

Avon Old Farms School


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