CTMQ’s Guide to Redding

Everything Redding

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” Redding 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… Mark Twain dying there? 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

Highstead
Lonetown Farmhouse Museum
New Pond Farm Education Center
Putnam Memorial State Park Museum
Putnam Memorial State Park Visitor’s Center
Umpawaug School House Museum
Zalmon Read Historic Barn

Hikes

Collis P. Huntington State Park – Intro

2017 TSTL Hike with the Boys
Other Trails

Highstead
Meadow Ridge
New Pond Farm Trails
Norwalk River Valley Trail
The Ives Trail

CFPA Trails – Intro

Aspetuck Valley Trail
Saugatuck Trail

Redding Land Trust – Intro

Arthur F. Brinckerhoff Nature Preserve
Col. Alfred McCormack Conservation Preserve
Dan Beard & Reeve Biggers Trails
The Fitzpatrick Preserve and Jean’s Trail (The Saugaway)
The Great Ledge & Pinchbeck Sanctuary
Joan Plishner Wildlife Preserve
Limekiln Natural Area, the Marcus Gift, and Todd’s Woods
Little River North Trail
The Mahoney Gift
Marchant Farm (Westway Trail)
Mary Anne Guitar Preserve
Poliak Pond
Ravine Trail
Rock Lot & Mary Evelyn Scott Nature Preserve (Westway Trail)
Stephenson Preserve
Windy Hill (Westway Trail)

CT Audubon Society – Intro

Edward Steichen Memorial Wildlife Preserve (Westway Trail)

The Nature Conservancy – Intro

Lucius Pond Ordway/Devil’s Den Preserve

Town Trails – Intro

Bogus Brook Preserve
Couch Hill Preseve
Dayton Road to Devil’s Den
Gallows Hill Natural Area & Yovan Tract
Ground Pine Sanctuary
Limekiln Natural Area, the Marcus Gift, and Todd’s Woods
Lonetown Marsh Sanctuary
Samuel E. Hill Little River Preserve
Rock Lot & Mary Evelyn Scott Nature Preserve (Westway Trail)
Topstone Park (Westway Trail)
Turkington Falls Natural Area
Saugatuck Falls Natural Area (The Saugaway)
Stormfield (The Saugaway)

Food & Drink

Umpawaug Farm Winery
Redding Beer Company

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

Other Stuff, Often the Best Stuff

Anna Hyatt Huntington Sculptures
Lake Hopewell Lighthouse
Saugatuck Falls
Devil’s Mouth
Stormfield & Mark Twain Lane
Mark Twain Library
The Tonka Tree
Town Essay: Georgetown, What Up Wit Dat?
Book Review: My Brother Sam Is Dead

Completion Celebration Meal & Redding Wrap-Up

TBD