Goochy Ida Carrington Lowell Land, Bethany May 2024 This is a Bethany Land Trust property. There's just something about trails that start across people's lawns. On the one hand, a huge thank you is owed to the folks who allow this. On the other, it's often a very awkward thing to walk so closely to someone's … [Read more...]
Three Sisters Preserve
Three Sisters... Three Disappointments Three Sisters Preserve, Bethany & Naugatuck May 2024 This is a Bethany Land Trust property. Hiking newly acquired, newly trailed properties is great. You get to be one of the first people to see and experience something new. Hiking newly acquired, newly trailed … [Read more...]
Edna L. Delano Nature Sanctuary & Rodell’s Roost for Robins
The Name of This Place is Longer Than The Trails Here Edna L. Delano Nature Sanctuary & Rodell’s Roost for Robins, Bethany May 2024 This is a Bethany Land Trust property. I had an hour to kill. About as long as it took me to type the title above. I kid, I kid. I had a couple shorter Bethany Land Trust hikes … [Read more...]
Hein Trails
Heiny Ho! Hein Trails, Bethany January 2021 This is a Bethany Land Trust property. Bethany's trailed properties seem to always be in flux. The land trust keep acquiring property, tornados keep tearing up the woods, and new trails keep getting blazed. Not many of you think too much or too often about Bethany, … [Read more...]
Welch Parcels
Welp... That's Welch Welch Parcels, Bethany January 2021 This is a Bethany Land Trust property. An important piece of information you should know when setting out to hike little parcels and preserves in The New Haven County Black Hole (Bethany, Prospect, northern Woodbridge, and eastern Beacon Falls) is that … [Read more...]
Bethany Land Trust Trails
Bethany Land Trust Trails Bethany & Beacon Falls Connecticut has three towns with fairly common female names. The interesting thing about this is that each town bearing a feminine name sort of matches the type of woman I think about when I picture a woman with that name. Madison: Wealthy, white, yuppie, long … [Read more...]