CTMQ’s Guide to Granby

Everything Granby

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” Granby 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 Granby Stuff

Museums

Salmon Brook Historical Society Museums:

Abijah Rowe House
Colton-Hayes Tobacco Barn
Cooley Schoolhouse
Weed-Enders House

Strain Family Horse Farm Cowboy Museum

Hikes & Bikes

Enders State Forest – Intro & Trails
McLean Game Refuge – Intro

McLean Game Refuge East
McLean Game Refuge West
Pine Cone Trail

CFPA’s East-West Trail – Intro

Section TBD

Granby Land Trust – Intro

The Dewey/Granby Oak
Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve
Doherty, Nuckols, Holcomb Hill, & Diamond Ledges Preserves
Godard Preserve
The Holcombe Preserve
Katan-Ensor & Old Messenger Road Preserves
Mary Edwards Mountain Property
Western Barndoor Hill Preserve
Wilke Preserve (possible future trail)

Town Trails – Intro

Christensen’s Pond
Holcomb Farm Trails East
Holcomb Farm trails West
Salmon Brook Park
Valley Brook Community Church Trails

Multi-Use/Rail Trails

Farmington Canal Heritage Trail – Intro

Section 1: Massachusetts Border to Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury

Food & Drink

CT Ice Cream Trail: Grass Roots Ice Cream
CT Cheese Trail: Sweet Pea Farm at the House of Hayes
CT Wine Trail: Lost Acres Vineyard
CT Beer Trail: Cambridge House Brewpub
CT Beer Trail: The Brewery at Maple View Farm
CT Cider Trail: Bushy Hill Cidery

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

Everything Else

National Natural Landmark: McLean Game Refuge
National Champion: Black Oak
The Southwick Jog
Carpenter’s Falls
Enders Falls
Lost Acres, Silver Street, and MJ/Beach Brook Falls
Messenger Falls
Lake Basile
Civil War Beech Tree
BEARS! In the wild!
The Brittle Thread of Life, Mark Williams
The Invisible Island, Dean Marshall

Granby Wrap-Up

I “completed” Granby in 2018 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 Granby Recap at @ The Barn!