Everything Ellington
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” Ellington 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 Ellington Stuff
Links take you to my reports
Museums
Hall Memorial Library History Room & Exhibits
Nellie E. McKnight Museum
Hikes
CFPA’s Shenipsit Trail – Intro
- Section 4: SHHhhhhhhenipsit
Section 5: ShenipThat’sIt!*
Hockanum River Watershed Association Trails – Intro
Northern Connecticut Land Trust Trails – Intro
- Ernie Boothroyd Nature Preserve
Sunset Hill
Swann Farm
Wraight Property
Ellington’s Town Trails – Intro
Food & Drink
CT Beer Trail: Cold Creek Brewery & Tavern
CT Mead Trail: Nordic Moon Meadery
CT Spirits Trail: Connecticut Valley Distillery (Closed)
Looking for your favorite restaurant? Here is an explanation as to why it’s not here.
Everything Else
US Oldest: Samuel Knight roadside marker
The Crazy Shape of Ellington
Aborn Castle
West Road Covered Bridge (Future construction)
Giant Goofy Chair at Kloter Farms
The Scandinavian Gift Shop (Moved)
Ellington Wrap-Up
I “completed” Ellington in early 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 and Ellington Recap at The Chuck Wagon Restaurant!
Aborn Castle
What’s up with that long protrusion to the east?
I’ve searched for an answer to that question – so far to no avail. My guess is that it was some concession in the water-powered days to allow the town access to the Willimantic River, which is its far eastern border.
Ah yes, I see that now that I drill down on Google Maps. Oddly, there doesn’t seem to be any evidence of people living along that particular stretch of River Road today… whatever advantage it offered in colonial times seems to no longer exist.