First Impressions... Bethany (Private home) December 2022 I don't often explain my page titles. Most of the time they are just so good and brilliant that they speak for themselves. Other times, they are just so great and beyond brilliant that only an elite few will appreciate them. (Those are the readers that know … [Read more...]
Hopp Brook Falls
Hopp, Hopp Hopp Brook Falls, Bethany November 2022 Not to be confused with the much more famous Hop River in eastern Connecticut, Bethany's Hopp Brook has its own charms. And by charms I mean modestly impressive seasonal waterfalls. Yes, falls, plural. Not that you'd know there were two here, unless … [Read more...]
Bethany Airport Trails
I Flew Through These Trails Bethany Airport Trails, Bethany September & November 2022 You should absolutely come here to check out the unearthed concrete airmail arrow near the restored historic airport hangar. I don't know why you'd be traveling Route 63 through Bethany, but if you find yourself doing so, make a … [Read more...]
Bethany Airport Airmail Arrow
Slings and Arrows Bethany Airport Airmail Arrow, Bethany I remember learning about the existence of the Bethany Arrow several years ago and thinking, "Hm. That's cool." So imagine my joy years later while killing time before my son's nearby soccer game telling him, "there's a giant old arrow on the ground … [Read more...]
RWA: Lake Chamberlain
Recharging My Battery Lake Chamberlain, Bethany & Woodbridge January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. Lake Chamberlain itself is entirely in Bethany, but a couple of the trails within this RWA property extend down into Woodbridge and connect to other … [Read more...]
RWA: Lake Bethany
Well, Blow Me Down Lake Bethany, Bethany January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. And please obey all posted trail closure signs. This was an interesting hike with Calvin. Aug. 29, 2020: Officials said the tornado first touched down in a … [Read more...]
Hein Trails
Heiny Ho! Bethany Land Trust, Bethany January 2021 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, but it's nice to see so much activity … [Read more...]
Kriz Farm Horseshoe Pile
Krizt! Kriz Farm Horseshoe Pile, Bethany January 2021 Once in a blue moon a reader alerts me to something in Connecticut about which I was wholly unaware. After writing everything on this website for so many years, that's not bragging... it's just a fact. And really, would that even be something to brag … [Read more...]
Welch Parcels
Welp... That's Welch Bethany Land Trust, Bethany January 2021 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 there is often nowhere "official" or … [Read more...]
Naugatuck State Forest Intro
Naugatuck State Forest Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Cheshire, Hamden, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect & Seymour Naugatuck State Forest consists of five separate blocks in the towns listed above. They are not necessarily all connected either. Basically, when you drive up Route 8 through the valley south of Waterbury … [Read more...]