Everything Hamden
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” Hamden 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
Best Video Film and Cultural Center
Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop
Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum (Closed; moving to Fairfield)
Jonathan Dickerman House
CT Agricultural Experiment Station at Lockwood Farm
Lock Keepers House and Museum
Moira Fitzsimmons Arons Art Gallery
Paier College of Art Gallery
Perspectives Gallery @ The Whitney Center
PLACE Children’s Museum
Hikes, Bikes, & Paddles
Explore Connecticut’s Hamden Outdoor Guide
Sleeping Giant State Park – Intro
- TSTL hike with my boys
Yellow and Violet Trails
Orange and Tower Trails
Green and White Trails & a couple Connector Trails
5 Red Trails & Nature Trail
Quinnipiac Trail section & blue connectors
I AM A GIANT MASTER
West Rock Ridge State Park – Intro
- CFPA’s Regicides Trail
TSTL 2015 Visit
Other West Rock Ridge Trails
CFPA’s Quinnipiac Trail – Intro
- Section 1: Mount Carmel Ave to Whitney Ave (Rte 10)
Section 2: Whitney Ave to TBD
Naugatuck State Forest – Intro
- Mt. Sanford Block
Town Trails – Intro
- Brooksvale Park
East Rock Park
Edgerton Park
Hamden Land Conservation Trust – Intro
- The Brethren
Gaylord Mt. Road & West Todd Street (RWA)
Glacial Kettle
Johnson’s Pond
Powder Farm
Rocky Top
Timberwood Trail
Multi-Use/Rail Trails
Farmington Canal Heritage Trail – Intro
- Section 4: Canal Street, Southington to Temple Street, New Haven
Canoe/Kayak Trails
- Mill River
Quinnipiac River Marsh WMA/Meadows
Food & Drink
CT Ice Cream Trail: Kelly’s Kone Konnection Cone Connection
CT Ice Cream Trail: Wentworth Homemade Ice Cream
CT Cheese Trail: Elm City Cheese Company
CT Classic Diner Trail: Glenwood Drive-In
CT Wine Trail: Gio Valley Vineyards (Not open to the public)
CT Beer Trail: Haven Beer Company
CT Beer Trail: No Worries Brewing Company (Closed)
Looking for your favorite restaurant? Here is an explanation as to why it’s not here.
Everything Else
National Recreation Trail: Sleeping Giant State Park trails
CT Art Trail: Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum (Closed; moving to Fairfield)
Gorge Cascade Falls
Wolcott Falls
The Brethren
Dead Man’s and Spider Caves
Leatherman’s Cave v.Hamden
Tallman Mine
The Door Tree (Gone)
Edgerton Park Greenhouses
Pardee Rose Garden and Greenhouse
Sleeping Giant Tower
A Frederick Oberlin Bridge
Cool CT Library Trail: Thornton Wilder Hall/Miller Cultural Complex
Lock # 13
Downs Road
Brooksvale Park “Zoo”
Magicicada Preserve
Ernest Borgnine Park
Goofy Giant Things: Adirondack Chair
Satan in CT: Devil’s Slide/Chute, Devil’s Pulpit
Ghost Parking Lot Gone
Hamden Wrap-Up
Completion Celebration Meal @ TBD
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