Beauty! History! Granby! Katan-Ensor & Old Messenger Road Preserves, Granby September 2022 I can't pretend to know how active every land trust in Connecticut is. I'm sure there are several protecting new parcels, clearing and blazing new trails as I write. But I swear, the "competition" between the Granby Land … [Read more...]
Hogpen Hill Farms Sculpture Park
Statistically Significant Woodbury (Google Maps location) October 17, 2015 Are you comfortable? Good. You have clicked on what is one of my most favorite places in all of Connecticut. Large outdoor sculpture parks are always high on my list, but Hogpen Hill has the added bonus of being created and owned by … [Read more...]
Red Barn Farm Stand and Creamery
Just Peachy Red Barn Farm Stand and Creamery, Mansfield September 2021 Mansfield is a lot more than UConn. And it's a lot bigger, I think, than many people realize. Away from the university, Mansfield is a very rural community, equally forested and farmed. When I went to school up there, I was on the cycling team … [Read more...]
CLCT: Smith Tree Farm Trails
I Give a Hoot About These Places Canton Land Conservation Trust, Canton & Barkhamsted August 2021 In case you were unaware, there are some hills in northwest Canton. One of the bigger hills is Ratlum Mountain. There are several hills just to the west of Ratlum: the one where Ski Sundown is located, and the two the … [Read more...]
SRA: Hidden Valley Preserve
Yup, Another Pinnacle Steep Rock Association's Hidden Valley Preserve January 2013 The trails at Hidden Valley have changed since I first hiked them in 2013. Several were removed and others were improved. Also, the awesome new Thoreau Bridge was installed. I'll return to Hidden Valley someday. Yes, to check … [Read more...]
SLT: West Mountain Trails
Total Masters West Mountain, 60 Westledge, & Cathles Trails, Simsbury Land Trust December 2020 Although I'm writing this page in 2021, it has a distinction that is important to... a few people. (I was going to write "absolutely no one" but then I remembered that way back when it was originally published, the … [Read more...]
Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary West
Rockin' the House Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary West, Oxford November 2020 Over my many years of hiking and writing about many hundreds of trails in Connecticut, I've had a few bad takes on mountain bikers. My thinking on the topic has evolved over the years and I've come to respect and appreciate what the New England … [Read more...]
Bolton Notch State Park Trails (South)
Fudge 2020 Bolton Notch State Park Trails (South), Bolton October 2020 Li'l ol' Bolton Notch State Park. With its horrible access road and graffiti covered rock outcrops... is, dare I say, awesome? Yes, it's awesome. It is a hub for so many things! Two lengthy multi-use trails - one which is a state park that … [Read more...]
Housatonic Overlook & Tucker’s Ridge
Not Tuckering Out Housatonic Overlook & Tucker's Ridge, Orange January 2021 Rare is the trail that starts you off at the highlight of the trek. This is one such trail - presuming you begin at the northern end at the High Ridge Road turn-around. If you'd rather leave the views until you have some trail behind you, … [Read more...]
Metacomet Trail: Section 14
Section 14: A Jog by the Jog Route 20 to Rising Corner Road (MA), 7.8 Miles September 2, 2020 This is it. This is the end. What began on April 29, 2007 on the Berlin Turnpike across from a (now closed) stripclub, ended on a beautiful late summer day near the Massachusetts state line. Thirteen and a half years. … [Read more...]
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