CTMQ’s Guide to Hamden

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. After all, that is the ultimate goal of CTMQ.

What do you know about the town which is most famous for the Sleeping Giant along its northern border? You can scroll down for my list of things to do in town. Or, as always, you can click on the town’s tag to see what I’ve done.

If I’ve missed anything in town or if anything has closed or changed, please let me know.

All The CTMQ Hamden Stuff

Links take you to my reports

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
Thornton Wilder Hall/Miller Cultural Complex

Hikes, Bikes, & Paddles

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

Naugatuck State Forest – Intro

Mt. Sanford Block

West Rock Ridge State Park – Intro

All Non-Regicides Trails

CFPA’s Regicides Trail
CFPA’s Quinnipiac Trail – Intro

Mount Carmel Ave to Whitney Ave (Rte 10)

Town Trails – Intro

Hamden Land Conservation Trust – Intro

The Brethren

Gaylord Mt. Road & West Todd Street

Multi-Use/Rail Trails

Farmington Canal Heritage Trail – Intro

Section 4: Canal Street, Southington to Temple Street, New Haven

Canoe/Kayak Trails

Food & Drink

Homemade Ice Cream: Ashley’s
Homemade Ice Cream: Kelly’s ~~Kone Konnection~~ Cone Connection
Homemade Ice Cream: Wentworth Homemade Ice Cream
CT Cheese Trail: Elm City Cheese Company
Classic Diners: Glenwood Drive-In
Gio Valley Vineyards (Not open to the public)
Counter Weight Brewing Company
CTMQ&A with Matt Westfall of Counter Weight
No Worries Brewing Company

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
Sleeping Giant Tower
Dead Man’s and Spider Caves
Tallman Mine
Covered Bridge: A Frederick Oberlin Bridge
Satan in CT: Devil’s Slide/Chute, Devil’s Pulpit
Goofy Giant Things: Adirondack Chair
Gorge Cascade Falls
Wolcott Falls
The Brethren
Edgerton Park Greenhouses
Pardee Rose Garden and Greenhouse
Lock # 13
Downs Road
Brooksvale Park “Zoo”
Magicicada Preserve
Ernest Borgnine Park
Ghost Parking Lot (RIP)
Book Review: The Legend of Hobbomock, the Sleeping Giant

Completion Celebration Meal & Hamden Wrap-Up

TBD

Hamden… you’re on notice!