FOC! (It's Closed) Fat Orange Cat Brewing Company, East Hampton Multiple Visits Before Closure FOC was located in a quiet residential section of East Hampton. FOC always closed seasonally. FOC closed to children and pets in September 2019. FOC closed their tasting barn and yard for most of 2020 and 2021. FOC … [Read more...]
Meshomasic State Forest Intro
Meshomasic State Forest Colchester, East Hampton, Portland, Glastonbury, Hebron, & Marlborough I can't promise you that this page will ever be complete. Yes, I like to be thorough and almost always am, but when it comes to the Mesh... it's tough. It's big and it's sprawling, sure, but most importantly it contains … [Read more...]
Salmon River State Forest Intro
Salmon River State Forest Colchester, East Hampton, East Haddam, Hebron, & Marlborough For some crazy reason I decided to start creating these introduction pages for any of our state parks and forests that require more than one page on the site. It makes sense for lots of them, for they may have a CFPA trail along … [Read more...]
Air Line State Park Trail Intro
Air Line... NOT "Airline!" 58.5 Miles, Portland, East Hampton, Colchester, Hebron, Columbia, Lebanon, Windham, Chaplin, Hampton, Pomfret, Portland, Putnam, Thompson My title above is for one Mr. Peter Marteka who is enamored with this particular trail to an unhealthy degree. Envisioned as a high speed passenger … [Read more...]
East Hampton’s Town Trails
East Hampton's Town Trails I'm sorry you've somehow found yourself on this page, for there are no East Hampton-owned properties with trails as far as I know. If I'm wrong, please contact me or comment below. There are properties to hike in the town, just not town-owned ones. I suppose you could walk around … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to East Hampton
Everything East Hampton 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” East Hampton CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
Middlesex Land Trust Trails
Middlesex Land Trust Trails Cromwell, Durham, East Hampton, Middlefield, Middletown, Portland and Haddam Hoo boy. This one’s a doozy. While I completely understand that it is nigh impossible for little land trusts to keep and maintain a nice website that allows the few who care to easily tease out the trailed … [Read more...]
Tartia Falls
"Tartia, Tartia, Tartia!" Tartia Falls, East of Middle Hampton April, 2017 Everyone loves a good roadside waterfall. We don’t really have too many worth your while in Connecticut, but this one bucks the trend. If you reach Tartia Road via Wopowog Road (or travel that route on your way out), don’t be … [Read more...]
TSTL’15.5: Split Rock Vista
The Sky's the Limit 2015 Hiking Challenge #5 Split Rock Vista (Hurd State Park) East Hampton, June 18, 2015 Finally! Five TSTL Challenge points into this thing, I got to go to one that I have never written about in some way before. In fact, even though I’d been to Hurd State Park a few times before, I don’t think … [Read more...]
Shenipsit Trail: Section 1
Section 1: What's all this Shenipsit? Gadpouch Road Terminus - Route 2 Crossing, 8.2 Miles May 5, 2009 It was high time I got going on the Shenipsit. While not one of the "big three" CFPA trails (Quinnipiac, Metacomet, Mattabesett), I've always felt it should be included in any discussion on Connecticut's long … [Read more...]