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

CTMQ’s Guide to Mansfield

February 3, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Mansfield

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” Mansfield 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 Mansfield Stuff

Museums

Atwood Farm Museum
Gurleyville Grist Mill
Mansfield Historical Society Museum

UConn

Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
Connecticut State Museum of Natural History (Closed)
Dodd Center & Homer Babbidge Library Exhibits
UConn EEB Greenhouses & Collections
UConn EEB Collection of Preserved Specimens
Hellenic Museum & Macedonia Building
J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum
Jorgensen Gallery
Josephine A. Dolan Nursing Museum
Rettenmeyer Army Ant Guest Collection
Uconn Animal Barns
UConn Contemporary Art Gallery
UConn Observatory and Planetarium
UConn Public Art Collection
Wilbur Cross Gallery (Gone)
William Benton Museum of Art

Hikes & Paddles

Mansfield Hollow State Park & Wildlife Area – Intro

    2016 TSTL With my Boys
    Other Trails

CFPA’s Nipmuck Trail – Intro

    East Branch & Fenton River Trail
    West Branch
    Section 2

Joshua’s Trust Trails – Intro

    The Atwood Farm
    Bradley-Buchanan Woods
    Church Farm Preserve
    Coney Rock/Proposal Rock Preserve
    Dorothy Goodwin Reserve
    Dunham Woods
    Gurleyville Gristmill and Barn (Museum)
    Harriet E. Babcock Preserve
    Holt-Kinney Woods
    Knowlton Hill Preserve
    Löf Woodlands
    Owen’s Mere
    Pond Lot
    Whetten Woods
    Wolf Rock Nature Preserve

Willimantic River Alliance Trails – Intro

    “Their” Mansfield trails are all listed below.

Mansfield’s Town Trails – Intro

    Commonfields
    Coney Rock Preserve
    Dorwart Preserve/Lions Memorial Park
    Dunhamtown Forest
    Eagleville Preserve
    Echo Woods Beach & Echo Woods
    Fifty-Foot Cliff Preserve
    Lynch Landing
    Merrow Meadow Park
    Moss Sanctuary
    Mt. Hope Park
    Proposal Rock/Coney Rock
    River Park
    Sawmill Brook Preserve
    Schoolhouse Brook Park
    Shelter Falls Park
    Simpson-Wood Preserve
    Southworth Preserve
    Spring Manor Farm
    Torrey Preserve
    UConn Hillside Environmental Education Park
    UConn Forest – Fenton Tract

Water Trails

Shetucket River Water Trail
Willimantic River Water Trail

Food & Drink

CT Cheese Trail: Stearns Farm
CT Cheese Trail: UConn Dairy Bar
CT Ice Cream Trail: Farmer’s Cow Calfé & Creamery
CT Ice Cream Trail: Red Barn Creamery
CT Ice Cream Trail: UConn Dairy Bar

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

Everything Else

US Only: Greek Orthodox Chapel on an American State University Campus
US First: Silk Mill
CT Art Trail: William Benton Museum of Art
The Corpse Flower
Codfish Falls
Mansfield Hollow Cascades
Shelter Falls
The Little Stone House
Mansfield Hollow Dam
Alexander the Great Theatre
AntU Day at UConn
UConn Huskies game at Gampel
UConn Men’s Soccer while #1
Mansfield Drive-In
The Adventure Park at Storrs
UConn Basketball Book Collection
Brush with Fame: Jim Calhoun

Mansfield Wrap-Up

Completion Celebration TBD

The University of Connecticut


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