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CTMQ > Madison

RWA: Lake Hammonasset

April 27, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mad Killing It, Yo Lake Hammonasset, Madison & Killingworth January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. As with many of these Regional Water Authority properties, there's a white-blazed forest road that circumnavigates a reservoir. Which is perhaps the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Cool Geology, killingworth, Madison, Middlesex County, New Haven County, privately owned trail, RWA Trails

Ninevah Falls

April 21, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Biblical! Ninevah Falls, Killingworth & Madison January 2021 I just learned that Ninevah was the largest city in the world at one time. From about 660-612 BC. I remember it from my childhood Bible studies, but for those of you without that impossibly fun background, Ninevah was located where modern day Mosul in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Another Freaking Jumping Indian, killingworth, Madison, Middlesex County, New Haven County, Waterfalls

MLCT: Summer Hill Trail

April 19, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Summer Mapped, Summer Not Summer Hill Trail, Madison January 2021 Madison has many very nice little trailed properties. State Park, State Forest, Water Authority, CFPA... trails everywhere. Beaches, forests, and fields. It's great. And the Madison Land Conservation Trust has over a dozen properties throughout the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Madison, Madison Land Conservation Trust, New Haven County

RWA: Genesee Trails

March 23, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

I Gen eh See How It Is Genesee Trails, Guilford & Madison January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. Hot on the heels of my very first RWA hike down the coast at Maltby Lakes, I was all jazzed up for a dawn hike here, at the Genesee Property. I'd learned … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Guilford, Madison, New Haven County, privately owned trail, RWA Trails

Cockaponset State Forest Intro

November 20, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cockaponset State Forest Haddam, Chester, Deep River, Killingworth, Durham, Guilford, Madison, Clinton, Westbrook, Middletown & Middlefield I listed all the towns above not because there are worth CTMQ things do within the Cockaponset in each, but just to make the point that this is a disjointed and sprawling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Chester, Clinton, cockaponset state forest, Deep River, Durham, Guilford, Haddam, killingworth, Madison, Middlesex County, westbrook

CTMQ’s Guide to Madison

February 9, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Madison 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” Madison CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]

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

Madison’s Town Trails

February 9, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

Madison's Town Trails If you told 100 people to tell you what they'd do if told to spend a day in Madison, I figure the breakdown would be as follows: 80 to Hammonasset Beach, 15 to wine and dine in fancy restaurants, 3 to explore "downtown", 1 to go to the history museums and one to go hiking. And that's a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Madison, New Haven County

Madison Land Conservation Trust

April 20, 2015 by Steve 1 Comment

Madison Land Conservation Trust Trails Madison Madison has a surprising number of trailed properties. It certainly helps that the local land trust is so active and (apparently) well-funded. The MLCT has a great website with excellent maps - two things that certainly make my task to "hike everything" much easier. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Madison, Madison Land Conservation Trust, New Haven County

Fried Clams at Lennie & Joe’s Fish Tale

October 18, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

No Need to Clam Up About This Place Lenny & Joe's Fish Tale Westbrook and Madison I just decided to write about this stop along our list of 61 (I think) "Things to Eat in Connecticut Before It's Too Late" according to Michael and Jane Stern's book on so-called Roadfood. Why? Because although it is only … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Carousels, Damian, Hoang, Lennie & Joe's Fish Tale, Madison, New Haven County, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Mattabesett Trail: Section 6

September 25, 2008 by Steve 3 Comments

Section 6: That's Mica, alLedgedly Lone Pine Trailhead (east) - Harvey Road, 7.9 Miles September 1, 2008 Another holiday weekend, another beautiful day here in Connecticut. Time to lace up the trail shoes, fill up the water bottles, grab the maps and hit the trail! I utilized (I never say "used") a friend from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Caves & Dens, cockaponset state forest, Cool Rocks, Durham, Great Views, Guilford, Guilford Land Conservation Trust, Madison, Madison Land Conservation Trust, Mattabesett Trail, National Scenic Trails, New England National Scenic Trail, New Haven County

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