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CTMQ > Litchfield County

Ted Knight Memorial Bridge

April 26, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Bridgee Smails Ted Knight Memorial Bridge Canal Street, Plymouth If you're anything like me, you love the fact that Connecticut features the small Ernest Borgnine park in Hamden and the rather utilitarian Ted Knight Bridge in Plymouth. Sure, Katherine Hepburn and Meryl Streep were and are long time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Cool Bridges, Litchfield County, Monuments and Plaques, Plymouth

Jericho Falls

April 5, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Gold, Jericho! Gold! Jericho Falls, Watertown May 2009 Here I am, thirteen years after I visited these falls, writing a few paragraphs about this little thing along the Jericho Trail in the Mattatuck State Forest. Why? Because the other day I was skimming a Connecticut hiking group page and saw some guy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Litchfield County, Waterfalls, Watertown

Kleindienst Family Nature Preserve

February 20, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Trying To Be Kleind Kleindienst Family Nature Preserve, Plymouth February 2023 I love the hundreds of short little random loop trails that dot Connecticut. While they present quite a challenge to me to write about them in any interesting way, and they often present absolutely nothing of interest to me as an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Litchfield County, Plymouth, plymouth land trust

amArtHouse

February 16, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

I amArtHouse I Am Litchfield (Google Maps location) July 2022 Over the years of writing this website, I've seen the Bantam section of Litchfield grow up from a one stoplight, one gas station slice of Route 202 to a destination. Bantam Lake has always been there, and the cute little lakefront cottages have always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Damian, Free Museums, Litchfield, Litchfield County, private museum

Antolini Woods

February 9, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Nail It On Antolini Woods, New Hartford February 2023 I like wordplay and word games and such. Big crossword guy and everything. Even went to the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Stamford and everything. So when I see words like "Antolini," which is surely just some woman's name, I see opportunity. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Litchfield County, New Hartford

Charlie Krug & Indian Jack Caves

January 30, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Don't Know Jack Indian Jack & Charlie Krug Caves, Plymouth December 2022 If for some odd reason you've been reading through my pagef on various Connecticut caves and dens, you're surely tired of reading that almost none of our state's caves are actually caves. And that sometimes our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Caves & Dens, Litchfield County, Plymouth

Buttermilk Falls (Plymouth)

January 24, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Feel the Churn Buttermilk Falls, Plymouth December 2022 Every state has its own Buttermilk Falls. Most states have multiple. Connecticut even has two. That's right, our little state with a general paucity of decent waterfalls couldn't come up with different names for Plymouth's Buttermilk Falls and the much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Justin Coleman Photography, Litchfield County, Mattatuck Trail, Plymouth, Waterfalls

American Museum of Tort Law

January 9, 2023 by Steve 3 Comments

The Nadir of Connecticut Museums? Winchester (Google Maps location) October 2018 Out of the surfeit of Connecticut museums, you can count on one hand how many have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The PBS NewsHour, The Wall Street Journal, and most importantly, CTMQ. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Litchfield County, Winchester, Winsted

Mattatuck Trail: Section 1

January 3, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Cruising in a Plymouth 7.4 Miles, Wolcott & Plymouth December 2022 When I begin a new longer-distance trail, I often think about the people who rush to rip through certain hiking challenges. Surely there are Blue Trails Challenge hikers who try to get through the CFPA's nearly 1,000 miles of trails in just a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Cool Rocks, Litchfield County, mattatuck state forest, Mattatuck Trail, New Haven County, Plymouth, Wolcott

NCLC: Hauser Nature Preserve

December 12, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

CTMQ in the Hauser Hauser Nature Preserve, Litchfield November 2022 Ooohhhh, I don't know. This is one of those trails and hikes that are there and therefore I walked it. Don't get me wrong - it's quite nice! But every now and again it hits me that I'm out here bouncing around the state hiking trails that no one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Litchfield, Litchfield County, northwest connecticut land conservancy

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