Everything Lyme
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” Lyme 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 most famous for having a tick-borne disease named – actually, that would be infamous and I think the first Lyme Disease cases diagnosed as such came from Old Lyme, not Lyme… but still, that’s what Lyme is most famous for. 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.
Museums
Hikes & Paddles
Becket Hill State Park Reserve – no access, no trails
Gillette Castle State Park – Intro
Selden Neck State Park
Nehantic State Forest – Intro
CFPA: Nayantaquit Trail
Richard H. Goodwin Trail – Intro
- Lyme Section
Lyme Land Conservation Trust – Intro
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Banningwood Preserve
Beebe Preserve
Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve
Chestnut Hill Preserve
Clucas Field
Eno, Mount Archer, and Pickwick’s Preserves
Honey Hill Preserve
Grassy Hill Preserve
Lyme Corner Trails
Patrell Preserve
Pleasant Valley Preserve
Plimpton Preserve
Roaring Brook Preserve
The Nature Conservancy Trails – Intro
- Jewett Preserve
Pleasant Valley Preserve
Selden Creek
Town Trails – Intro
- Hartman Park (Lyme Corner Trails)
Jewett Preserve
Mount Archer
Silvio O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge
- Lord Cove Preserve
Whalebone Cove Preserve
Food & Drink
CT Cheese Trail: Beaver Brook Farm
CT Wine Trail: Sunset Hill Vineyard
Everything Else
National Champion: Sugar Maple
US Oldest: Chester-Hadlyme Ferry
Borgund Stave Church replica
Connecticut River Art Trail Viewpoint
Blood Street
Lyme Green
Moulson Pond Fishway
Ed Bills Pond Fishway
Lyme Wrap-Up
Completion Celebration Meal @ TBD
Caleb says
February 5, 2026 at 11:08 amThe only real option for your wrap-up in Lyme is the Hadlyme Country Market; they actually make a pretty good pizza there. Otherwise I guess you could time it when the Hamburg Fair is running and have the smorgasbord of stuff that would be on offer there! You have a long way to go though, there are lots fantastic trails in Lyme. The Beebe preserve is one of my favorite short loop trails in the area, and you could probably spend a whole day hiking all the loops in Hartman. Not to add another to your ever growing list, but there’s also a great little Lyme Land Trust trail right across the street from the Selden Preserve called the Ravine Trail; you could easily knock it out at the same time you do Selden (which is a fantastic preserve with a great overlook on Selden Creek itself).