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CTMQ > burr pond state park

Burr Pond State Park Intro

December 27, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Burr Pond State Park Torrington & Winchester Grrrr Pond State Park... I know I knew this, but did you know that when Connecticut designates a state park in the middle of a state forest, its land is no long state forest land? So every time you see that I have a state park listed as part of a state forest, I think … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: burr pond state park, Litchfield County, Torrington, Winchester

TSTL’16.3: Burr Pond State Park

March 6, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #3 Burr Pond State Park, Torrington March 6, 2016 There are many rewarding things about being a father. One of them is greeting your child on a sunny weekend morning and hearing him say, "Hike? Today?" Hey listen, that came from my special needs kid. He's not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: burr pond state park, Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Litchfield County, Sky's the Limit Challenge, Torrington

World’s First Condensed Milk Factory

November 3, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

Site of the World’s First Condensed Milk Factory I'll Condense the Story, But I'm Still Milking It Torrington Yeah, that’s right. A page about the world’s first condensed milk factory. Trust me, this is one of those things that you’ll thank CTMQ for later, like when you’re at a cocktail party or bar and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: burr pond state park, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Litchfield County, Torrington

Wolcott/Walcott Trail

October 22, 2008 by Steve 3 Comments

But I'm nowhere near Wolcott! Torrington, 2.5 Miles (plus .5 mile connector trail), solo September 13, 2008 I revisited half of this trail with my sons in March of 2016 as part of the DEEP's Sky's the Limit Challenge. Totally different trail experience here. Let's talk about the incongruously named Wolcott … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, burr pond state park, Litchfield County, paugnut state forest, Torrington

John Muir Trail

October 3, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

What's the Muiral of this Story? Torrington, 2.11 Miles September 2008 "These beautiful days much enrich all my life. They do not exist as mere pictures... but they saturate themselves into every part of the body and live always." - John Muir. Why is there a short little rarely hiked trail in Torrington … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, burr pond state park, Litchfield County, paugnut state forest, Sunny Brook State Park, Torrington

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