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August 26, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cape Cod Museum Quest 2014- I have no plans to ever expand on this idea for several reasons: I've spent an entirety of 20 days on Cape Cod in my life (at least 10 of which were spent entirely at a beach), I have no idea how many more days I'll spend on the Cape in my life, and getting to museums is not even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Blog, Calvin, cape cod, CCMQ, Damian, Hoang, Massachusetts

Campbell Falls State Park

April 21, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

Campbell Falls State Park Norfolk April 19, 2014 Phew. This is hard work. I’ve had a page about Campbell Falls for several years up on CTMQ, but it always bothered me. I visited this place in 2010 with my older son Damian and we merely parked and made the quick .4 mile round-trip walk down to the highlight of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, campbell falls state park, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Massachusetts, Norfolk, video

CT-MA-NY Tri-Point & The Oblong

August 7, 2012 by Steve 9 Comments

Top O’The Oblong To Ya CT-NY-MA Tri-Point Salisbury [This incredible geographical point was visited in Dagobah-like humidity during the Connecticut Extreme Geo-Tour 2012 with the most excellent Tom from Twelve-Mile Circle and the equally excellent Scott from The Scenic Drive. The were the extremely generous … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography Tagged With: Border disputes, Geographic Extremes, Massachusetts, Monuments and Plaques, New York, Salisbury, Tri-point

CT-MA-RI Tri-Point

June 7, 2011 by Steve 18 Comments

This Borders on Being Triply Awesome CT-MA-RI Tri-point, Thompson June 3, 2011 I revisited this tri-point with my sons in 2016. Very different report and better pictures! On the hike out to the CT-MA-NY tri-point, the trail hits the highest point in Connecticut (CTMQ Visit here). On the way out to the CT-NY-RI … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography Tagged With: air line state park, CT-MA-RI Tri-Point, Geographic Extremes, Massachusetts, Monuments and Plaques, Rhode Island, Thompson, Tri-point

Lake Chargoggagogg…maugg

June 5, 2011 by Steve 9 Comments

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Thompson, CT & Webster, MA June 3, 2011 Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug is one of the longest words in the English language (that's a stretch) and certainly one of the longest place name in the world. Lake … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, Superlatives Tagged With: Massachusetts, Thompson

Campbell Falls

April 5, 2010 by Steve 4 Comments

No Soup for Connecticut Campbell Falls , New Marlborough, MA(!) April 2010 & April 2014 [Note: For my Waterfalls pages, I’m using the town designation used by the Connecticut Waterfalls 2013 guidebook. Because sometimes it’s fun. This one is quite unique because the fall themselves are in Massachusetts, mere feet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: campbell falls state park, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Justin Coleman Photography, Massachusetts, Monuments and Plaques, Norfolk, Waterfalls

The Longmeadow Baby Jog

December 9, 2009 by Steve 9 Comments

I Like How They Have a Border Fence Suffield/Enfield, CT/Longmeadow, MA border November 30, 2009 I made up the name of this border anomaly, but I figure I have the right to do so, since no one has bothered to do it before. And keeping with the tradition of the Southwick Jog, a much more infamous border dispute … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography Tagged With: Enfield, geo-oddities, Massachusetts, Suffield

The Southwick Jog

October 17, 2008 by Steve 53 Comments

TAKE BACK THE NOTCH! The Southwick Jog, Southwick, "Massachusetts" October 17, 2008 2017 Update: I just came back to this page and it occurred to me that I've never edited it or made it more current or anything. (Sorry, I can't improve/enlarge the pictures.) Which is pretty lame of me, considering this is easily … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography Tagged With: geo-oddities, Granby, Massachusetts, Suffield, Take Back the Notch!

Massachusetts: Mt. Greylock

July 29, 2007 by Steve Leave a Comment

Locked Mount Greylock, 3,491 Feet June 29, 2002 #17 on NE 50 Finest List Herman Melville... Nathaniel Hawthorne... Stephen Crane... Emily Dickinson... Me. Perhaps not - but Mt. Greylock has inspired me to write this report, which, althought not quite "Moby Dick," it will have to suffice. I mention these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Peakbagging Tagged With: Hoang, Massachusetts, NEFF, state highpoints

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