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CTMQ > Cool Rocks

Mattatuck Trail: Section 1

January 3, 2023 by Steve 2 Comments

Cruising in a Plymouth 7.4 Miles, Wolcott & Plymouth December 2022 When I begin a new longer-distance trail, I often think about the people who rush to rip through certain hiking challenges. Surely there are Blue Trails Challenge hikers who try to get through the CFPA's nearly 1,000 miles of trails in just a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Cool Rocks, mattatuck state forest, Mattatuck Trail, Plymouth, Wolcott

Ledge Road Connector Trail

July 26, 2018 by Steve 2 Comments

Oh Boy. Ledge Road Connector Trail & Boy Rock/Great Stone Face Sunset Rock State Park, Plainville July 2018 Cutting to the chase - the purpose of this page's existence really has nothing to do with the trail of the title. I've hiked this trail before, way back in 2007 with Hoang. When I edited that page in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, CFPA Hikes, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Cool Rocks, Metacomet Trail, Plainville, sunset rock state park

Farmington Reservoir Trails

January 22, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Officially Petitioning for Elephant Shrews Everywhere Farmington: Reservoir Trails ~.75 miles, January 2018 We have a lot of little reservoirs in central Connecticut. As you can imagine, they are hugely important to us residents of central Connecticut. A secondary bonus function of them, besides sustaining our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Cool Rocks, Farmington, Metacomet Trail

SCC: West Stafford Conservation Area

July 25, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Kid Rocks Stafford Conservation Commission (SCC): West Stafford Conservation Area ~1.2 Miles, March & July 2017 With approximately 50 billion Connecticut hikes to walk and write about, it’s not often I revisit trails. So now you must be thinking the West Stafford Conservation Area trails must be stupendous. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Cool Rocks, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Stafford, stafford conservation commission

TSTL’17.9: Haley Farm State Park

May 29, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #9 Haley Farm State Park (Canopy Rock), Groton April 1, 2017 We're not big on April Fool's Day in the CTMQ household. Calvin is just beginning to understand the art of the prank and Damian, well, his special needs commitment to literalism hampers his ability to join in on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Cool Rocks, Damian, Groton, Haley Farm State park, Hikes with my Boys, Sky's the Limit Challenge

Largest Cairn in Connecticut

March 27, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

You Don't, But I Cairn About This Stuff The Largest Cairn in Connecticut (?) January 22, 2017 I just wrote about being surprised in the Manchester woods by a nice little covered bridge at the Oak Grove Nature Center. And I was surprised! But that surprise pales in comparison to the jaw-dropping surprise I felt … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Cool Rocks, Dubious Claims, Manchester

Ladies Room Rock

February 6, 2017 by Steve 2 Comments

Get a Room Ladies Room Rock, Ashford Writing individual pages about named rocks in Connecticut is a dicey proposition. Where does one draw the line? I can’t possible write about every named rock. After all, you could name a rock tomorrow just to mess with me. (Don’t do that.) But some named rocks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Ashford, Cool Rocks, Natchaug State Forest, Nipmuck Trail

309. Powder Hill Dinosaur Park

March 29, 2016 by Steve 2 Comments

"If The Shoe Fits, It Must Be From Footprints" Middlefield (Google Maps location) January 16, 2016 Of course this isn’t a museum. But we’re all past that issue on this website by now, aren’t we? I know I am... and really, isn’t that all that matters? Really? Heck, this postage stamp of a park hardly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Cool Rocks, CT Dino Trail, Damian, Dinosaurs, Free Museums, Historic Rocks, Middlefield, Outdoor Museums

The Rock’s Rock

October 1, 2015 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Rock's Rock West Hartford If only Picozzi would give this rock to The Rock, it could be The Rock’s The Rock Rock. And that would totally rock. I’m not going to waste our time here. But I did read an interview with a former 106.9 WCCC DJ who was asked about this rock. It used to sit in front of their weird … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Cool Rocks, Historic Rocks, West Hartford

Leatherman’s Cave via Park Road

December 15, 2014 by Steve 1 Comment

"'Leathahman' Slept in Here, WHAT?!” Leatherman's Cave via Park Road, Watertown December 13, 2014 This page will not spend too much time getting into the whole Leatherman thing. That was done over here, on a page about another nearby Leatherman’s Cave. I have no idea which cave was used more by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Caves & Dens, Cool Rocks, Damian, Dubious Claims, Hikes with my Boys, Leatherman, video, Watertown

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