Hazarding a Guess... Scantic River State Park, Enfield ~2 miles of mish-mashing around, November 2016 & February 2017 I’ve been procrastinating on writing up my treks in Scantic River State Park for a while. Simply put, it’s all a bit confusing. Parts of it are called Scantic River Linear Park. Some sources refer … [Read more...]
Hockanum River Trail 20: Dart Hill North
Not a Waste Hockanum River Trails (VGV): Dart Hill North, Vernon ~1.4 miles one way, May 2017 If you are reading these Hockanum River Trails south to north, you have already read the Dart Hills SE & SW Trail page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. Better yet, start at the beginning with the HRT … [Read more...]
SCC: West Stafford Conservation Area
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...]
Hockanum River Trail 18&19: Dart Hill SE & SW
Dartin' Around Vernon Hockanum River Trails (VGV): Dart Hill SE & SW, Vernon ~2 miles total, February/May 2017 If you are reading these Hockanum River Trails south to north, you have already read the Pleasantview Marsh page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. Better yet, start at the beginning with … [Read more...]
A.K. Webster Preserve & Valley Falls Area
That Soccer Field Still Gets Me... A.K. Webster Preserve, Northern CT Land Trust, Vernon May 2017 The NCLT owns the land east of the Webster Preserve and above the cliffs down to Valley Falls Park. This page includes some of that but the Valley Falls Page includes more. Ah yes, that soccer field. I noted it … [Read more...]
Vernon Center Middle School Trail
Redundant Redundancy Vernon Center Middle School Trail, Vernon May 2017 This seems like a rather odd place for me to finish up everything there is to do in Vernon (as far as this site is concerned), but... it was here, high atop the hill behind Vernon Center Middle School where the boys and I gazed across a rural … [Read more...]
Eckers Pond
What the Eckers? Eckers Pond, Northern CT Land Trust, Vernon May 2017 I don't think this is trailed anymore, but as you'll read, that only makes sense. Do not read this page as a standalone page. Hiking the Northern Connecticut Land Trust’s Eckers Pond Trail without hiking the town of Vernon’s Center Middle … [Read more...]
TSTL’17.10: Gillette Castle State Park
The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #10 Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam & Lyme April 8, 2017 Lazy/tired/illiterate readers, you’re going to like this page. I don’t really plan on writing too much at all. Me? Not write way too much? That’s right. After all, I’ve written about Gillette … [Read more...]
SCC: Dennis Pond
Dennis the Menace Stafford Conservation Commission (SCC): Dennis Pond ~0.5 Miles, July 2017 Towards the end of Damian's two weeks off from his school, I was determined to keep him as active as possible. Without forced exercise, he would literally get none. Of course, driving all the way out to Stafford to do a … [Read more...]
RCC: Shadow Lake
Literally in the Shadow Ridgefield Conservation Commission (RCC): Shadow Lake/Albert M. Baker, Jr. Reserve ~0.5 Miles, June 2017 It's time to begin hiking Ridgefield. After all, the tony town is "on notice" in 2017 as one of my towns to "complete." Should be a breeze... I mean, who has ever heard of hiking in … [Read more...]
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