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CTMQ > CTMQ Town Guides > CTMQ’s Guide to Hamden

CTMQ’s Guide to Hamden

March 1, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

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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