My Bolton Tell-All Johnson Pond Falls, Bolton April 2020 Alright, look. These falls don't appear in any guidebook, nor on any list. They don't even have a name - I made up "Johnson Pond Falls." But since I'm divulging everything I know about the town, this is my Bolton tell-all. They tumble from Johnson Pond at … [Read more...]
Hop River State Park Trail: Section 3
Another Notch in Our Belts Bolton Notch State Park to Parker Bridge Road, 8.5 Miles Bolton, Coventry, & Andover, May 2020 As Calvin and I rode the first mile or so of this section of the Hop River State Park Trail, I pondered aloud, "This may be one of the coolest stretches of Rails-to-Trails in all of … [Read more...]
Bates Nature Trail at Herrick Park
Mastering Bates Herrick Park, Bolton April 2020 I keep an ongoing list of CTMQ stuff for each town that none of you can see. On Bolton's list, I had something like, "a trail at Herrick park." Then when I put the Bolton Town Guide together, I searched the internet high and low for confirmation that there was a … [Read more...]
BLT: Blackledge Marsh
Cul-de-Quick Blackledge Marsh, Bolton April 2020 When I decide to "attack" a town's trail system, I make a little game out of it. Look at the list of trails, sort out where they are and how many I can do in one trip, and make a plan. However, when I have Calvin with me, I must sometimes change things on the … [Read more...]
BLT: Castlerock Lane
Man in a High Castle Castlerock Lane, Bolton April 2020 There are expensive homes in pretty much every town in Connecticut. I've seen many. I think everyone assumes this to be true, but I also think there are large swaths who would be surprised to know that there are sprawling massive houses in southern Bolton … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Bolton
Everything Bolton 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” Bolton CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If I’ve … [Read more...]
Bolton Notch State Park Intro
Bolton Notch State Park Bolton & Vernon It's funny when you realize after 14 years of writing this website and hiking all around the state that there's more to do at a state park you thought you'd entirely explored already. Such is the case here, at Bolton Notch. Now, granted, I like to find and write … [Read more...]
Bolton Land Trust Intro
Bolton Land Trust Bolton My wife randomly asked me yesterday if Bolton was a town with "nothing" to do for CTMQ. Unfortunately for her, this led to a flood of information for which she was not prepared and about which she did not care. It was Bozrah, not Bolton! Heck, Bolton has a land trust with at least … [Read more...]
Breakaway Brew Haus (Closed)
Breaking Away From All Accepted Norms of the Brewing Industry Breakaway Brew Haus, Bolton Mid-2017 In 2021, BBH announced they are moving to an actual commercial space nearby. But nothing has happened in two years, so I'm calling them closed.) I am writing this in late October 2017. At this moment, there are … [Read more...]
Porter/Howard Reservoir
Manchester's Best Kept Secret Porter/Howard Reservoir, Manchester & Bolton January 22, 2017 I didn't use a pun in my title. I used a clickbait phrase. Except it's not clickbait. I mean it. And now you're like, "but I've never heard of the Porter/Howard Reservoir in Manchester." I know. That's why my title isn't … [Read more...]