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CTMQ > american legion state forest

American Legion & Peoples State Forests Intro

April 11, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

American Legion & Peoples State Forests Barkhamsted The state bundles these two forests together online and on maps and... well, I guess that's all that matters to me. They are certainly contiguous, split by the west branch of the Farmington River. Most of the "stuff" is in Peoples, but my favorite trail here is in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: american legion state forest, Barkhamsted, peoples state forest

American Legion & Peoples State Forest Trails Intro

March 6, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

American Legion & Peoples State Forest Trails Barkhamsted I’ve been forced to create this page not to make you come here to get an extra website “hit” but because the CFPA combined these two trail networks into one. And since I follow their lead, here we are. So without further delay: American Legion State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: american legion state forest, Barkhamsted, Blue Trails Challenge, Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Litchfield County, peoples state forest

TSTL’16.4: American Legion State Forest’s Henry Buck Trail

March 14, 2016 by Steve 2 Comments

The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #4 American Legion State Forest, Barkhamsted March 13, 2016 Level of Difficulty: Difficult Yeah, yeah, CT DEEP, whatever. "Difficult." Pfffft. Honestly, there are very few, if any, truly "difficult" hikes in Connecticut. Trust me, I've hiked more than most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: american legion state forest, Barkhamsted, Calvin, Damian, Great Views, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Litchfield County, Sky's the Limit Challenge

American Legion State Forest Trails

November 9, 2007 by Steve 2 Comments

Don't Pass The Buck, Jive Turkey! American Legion State Forest, Barkhamsted September 9, 2007 This page was written in 2007. If you'd like to see much better pictures with my sons, we did the Henry Buck Trail together in 2016. There's really no reason to even read my 2007 stuff, unless you're a CTMQ Superfan. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: american legion state forest, Barkhamsted, Blue Trails Challenge, Great Views, Litchfield County

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