CTMQ’s Guide to Shelton

Everything Shelton

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” Shelton 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

The Brownson House
The Inter-Dimensional Paranormal Museum and Study
Trap Fall School House
The Wilson Barn

Hikes

Explore Connecticut’s Shelton Outdoor Guide

Indian Well State Park
CFPA’s Paugussett Trail – Intro

2008 version

Shelton Land Conservation Trust – Intro

Town Trails – Intro

Birchbank Mountain
Bluff Walk at Riverview Park
Boehm Pond Trails
French’s Hill Open Space
Gristmill Trail
Housatonic Woods (Woodsend Trail)
Little Pond Trail
Means Brook Greenway (Nicholdale Farm)
Poet Path
Riverwalk South, North, and the Shelton Canal Path
Stockmal Trail/Willis Woods
Shelton Lakes Recreational Area Trails:

Multi-Use/Rail Trails

Naugatuck River Greenway – Intro

Housatonic River to Bridge Street, Ansonia

Food & Drink

Roadfood List: Apple Pie at Beardsley’s Cider Mill
Homemade Ice Cream Trail: Dave’s Gourmet Paletas
Homemade Ice Cream Trail: The Ice Cream Shoppe
Homemade Ice Cream Trail: Sugar Llamas
Homemade Ice Cream Trail: Wells Hollow Creamery
CT Wine Trail: Jones Family Winery
CT Spirits Trail: White Hills Distillery at Beardsley Cider Mill

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

Everything Else

Albino Squirrels!
Fort Hill
Derby-Shelton/Ousatonic Dam and canals and locks
Sports Center of Connecticut
The Wiffle Ball, Inc.
Indian Head Rock & Wholand
Paugussett “Cave”
Eklund Wildflower Garden
Farmill River Falls
Indian Well Falls
White Hills Brook Cascades
Saw Mill City Road Melonheads

Shelton Wrap-Up

Completion Celebration Meal @ TBD