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CTMQ > Hamden

West Rock Ridge State Park Intro

March 5, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

West Rock Ridge State Park Hamden & New haven Is West Rock a monolith? I guess it's not geologically speaking, but let's say it colloquially is. West Rock Ridge rises from nearly sea-level sharply to 400-feet of elevation at the South Summit in New Haven to 700-feet of elevation at High Rock in Bethany on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Hamden, New Haven, New Haven County, West Rock Ridge State Park

Eli Whitney Museum

September 1, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Ginning Up Excitement, to Cotton Favor Hamden (Google Maps location) December 2014 & November 2017 This museum is located in one of those awesome areas in Connecticut where an invested person could spend a lot of time. Edgerton Park, all the East Rock Trails, East Rock Brewing... Yale is just a few blocks south. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hamden, Hoang, Industrial History, Model Trains, New Haven County

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum (Closed)

March 16, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Putting the Ire in Ireland Hamden (Google Maps location) June 14, 2014 This museum officially closed in 2021 but not without controversy. It will be interesting what happens to the collection. This museum was part of the Connecticut Art Trail. I have a whole massive list of all the stuff in Connecticut that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Closed/Gone/Former, Colleges & Universities, Connecticut Art Trail, Hamden, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, New Haven County, quinnipiac university

Farmington Canal Heritage Trail Intro

August 24, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Farmington Canal Heritage Trail Massachusetts border (Suffield) to New Haven The summer of 2020 - the pandemic summer of 2020 - sort of forced my son Calvin and I to begin riding Connecticut's rails-to-trails in earnest. Nothing was open for visits in any normal way, so why not ride our bikes. Unfortunately, Calvin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bike Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Avon, Cheshire, cycling, East Granby, Farmington, Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, Granby, Hamden, Hartford County, New Haven, New Haven County, Plainville, rails-to-trails, Simsbury, Southington, Suffield

Naugatuck State Forest Intro

December 12, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

Naugatuck State Forest Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Cheshire, Hamden, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect & Seymour Naugatuck State Forest consists of five separate blocks in the towns listed above. They are not necessarily all connected either. Basically, when you drive up Route 8 through the valley south of Waterbury … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Beacon Falls, Bethany, Cheshire, Hamden, naugatuck, naugatuck state forest, New Haven County, Oxford, Prospect, Seymour

Quinnipiac Trail Intro

November 18, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Quinnipiac Trail Hamden, Cheshire, Bethany, Prospect, 18.3 Miles Began: October 2012 Completed: The Quinnipiac Trail is the oldest in the Connecticut Blue-Blazed Hiking Trail System, which is to say, it’s really old. Many tens of thousands of people have hiked at least a part of the trail since its creation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Bethany, Blue Trails Challenge, Cheshire, Hamden, Prospect, Quinnipiac Trail

Wentworth Homemade Ice Cream

April 20, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

I Went, For What It's Worth Wentworth Homemade Ice Cream, Hamden June, 2014 Here's the craziest thing about Wentworth's: It's never open on Sundays. "Fine," you say, "they're observing the Sabbath," or, "they want to enjoy a weekend day," or whatever. All valid reasons. But Wentworth's is just outside of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Hamden, New Haven County

Book Review: The Legend of Hobbomock

March 9, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Legend of Hobbomock: The Sleeping Giant by Jason J. Marchi (2011) Library As a Giant Master – no, really, I AM A GIANT MASTER – I felt compelled to learn about the legend of Hobbomock. In all my hikes across the Giant’s body, I never really knew how he came to rest in Hamden. Now I know, thanks to The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else Tagged With: Calvin, Connecticut Books, Connecticut children's books, Hamden, New Haven County

No Worries Brewing Company

March 1, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Only Been Once? No Worries. No Worries Brewing Company, Hamden February 2017 I’ve always enjoyed the accidental subliminal advertising No Worries of Hamden enjoys. As in, “I’d like to go to a brewery tomorrow, but I can’t decide which one.” “No worries.” “Oh yeah? Okay. See you there.” Brilliant. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Hamden, New Haven County, no worries brewing

CTMQ’s Guide to Hamden

March 1, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Hamden 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” Hamden CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Hamden, New Haven County

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