Crystal Cleared Crystal Ridge Trails, Ellington September 2026 Ellington went on a little trail-clearing bender recently and created several new trails. And that's great! I love new trails and more importantly, more protected land. Even if a lot of times that protected land is a set-aside open space requirement … [Read more...]
The Barn Yard Covered Bridge
Need a Fancy Barn? They've Got You Covered. The Barnyard Covered Bridge, Ellington December 2023 & September 2026 Look just above this sentence and you'll see I visited this bridge twice. Why? I have no idea. But here we are. Actually, I will sheepishly admit that I know exactly why: I forgot about my 2023 … [Read more...]
Kimball Trail
Kimball Rally Kimball Trail, Ellington April 2019 & September 2026 In 2025, a spur trail was appended on to the Kimball Loop. While I was "cleaning up" a few things in Ellington to be able to call the town "complete," I figured pop over and walk this short little addition. As you'll see, I'm quite glad I did. … [Read more...]
Highland Trail
Not Far Afield Highland Trail, Ellington August 2026 I love how, in this day and age, new trails are being cleared, blazed, mapped, and hiked. Sure, rehiking some of Connecticut's best trails is always an option, but it's also nice to have somewhere new to explore when you have time to kill in Ellington. … [Read more...]
Wraight Bird Field Conservation Area
Wraight You Are Wraight Bird Field Conservation Area, Ellington December 2023 This is a Northern Connecticut Land Trust property. Before I write about how this isn't worth your time as a standalone hike, I'd like you to read the following from the Northern Connecticut Land Trust: The Bird Field … [Read more...]
Shenipsit State Forest Intro
Shenipsit State Forest Ellington, Somers, and Stafford Shenipsit State Forest was created in 1927 with the purchase of land at the summit of Soapstone Mountain in Somers to erect a fire tower to keep a lookout over the forests of the eastern woodlands. Over time, additional acreage was purchased to form the … [Read more...]
Elllington: Complete!
Ellington: Complete! Chuck Wagon Restaurant Here is the CTMQ Guide to Ellington with my list and stories about everything I've done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns … [Read more...]
Nordic Moon Meadery (Closed)
Pretty Lo Ki Nordic Moon Meadery, Ellington April 2019 What you're reading right now is a placeholder of sorts. As I write this in August 2019, Nordic Moon's tasting room is not yet open. I don't know when it will be open. It might be open when you're reading this... or maybe it never opened. If and when it does … [Read more...]
The Scandinavian Gift Shop
Scandi Candi Ain't So Dandi The Scandinavian Gift Shop, Ellington April 2019 The shop moved to a new location in East Windsor in 2020 and the founder's granddaughter, Olivia, took over. In April 2019 I totally planned to visit this place and write a page about it. In May 2019 I totally scrapped that idea … [Read more...]
Connecticut Valley Distillery (Closed)
Smuggler's Done Connecticut Valley Distillery (Closed), Ellington Closed 2018 You have found yourself on (yet another) page on CTMQ that exists for no other reason than to satisfy my list-completion OCD. I not only never visited the Connecticut Valley Distillery, I never drank any of its signature Smuggler’s Rum. … [Read more...]
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