Passport to Nature, Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay, Wellfleet August 2016 At this point, I've only been to two Mass Audubon properties (of 21). Regardless, I imagine this one at Wellfleet Bay has to be one of the best. The Nature Center is large, modern, informative, and quite impressive. And the trails out to the … [Read more...]
Massport to Nachursetts: Long Pasture
Passport to Nature, Mass Audubon Long Pasture, Barnstable August 2016 The little center in Barnstable on the western end of Cape Cod is, I think, the newest of the Mass Audubon Centers. It's in a house that has been converted to... well, most of it appears to still be a house, but the living room is now a … [Read more...]
Harry C. Barnes Memorial Nature Center
Ain't No Party Like an Owl Party Bristol (Google Maps Location) November 22, 2015 You people have no idea. I have been waiting nearly ten years for this place to reopen. Not that I necessarily had high hopes for it or that I'm a huge Harry C. Barnes fan - it was more the principle of the thing. Back in … [Read more...]
Westmoor Park Trails
Always Looking for Moor Westmoor Park Trails, West Hartford November and December, 2014 See also: My page on Westmoor as a museum The trails at Westmoor's Spicebush Swamp The fun part of being a crossword nerd is that I know that a "moor" is a fen. And a heath. It's also, I assume, a tract of open … [Read more...]
Sessions Woods WMA
Hiking Sessions Session Woods WMA Multiple hikes You know what the most ridiculous thing you’ll read today is? This: I don’t think anyone else has ever used “Hiking Sessions” as a title for a description of hiking at Sessions Woods. What the heck is wrong with people? Is there really any other title for … [Read more...]
Wintergreen Falls
It's Winter, but not Green Wintergreen Falls, New Haven January 17, 2014 Another day out in Connecticut's most interesting city with the boys... which included the two trails at West Rock Nature Center. Note: This is a wholly different place than West Rock Ridge State Park. The State Park has had its own … [Read more...]
West Rock Nature Center Trails
"C'mon D!" West Rock Nature Center, New Haven January 18, 2014 If you're poked around this site a bit more than the average visitor, you may know that I am drawn to quirky and odd things that seem incongruous to me. I've written here and there about the various oddities in and around West Rock Park. Things … [Read more...]
Roaring Brook Nature Center Trails
Roaring Brook Nature Center Trails Nature Center/State Land, Canton August & October 2013 I’ve been to Roaring Brook a whole bunch of times - (here’s the first time Damian and I visited the nature center museum – notable as it was the first time he stood up on his own and let go of a supporting structure... at 27 … [Read more...]
140. White Memorial Conservation Center Nature Museum
Stuff White People Like Litchfield (Google Maps location) October 3, 2009 Yet again, I’m forced to remind anyone reading this that there are plenty of things to do in Connecticut, year-round - and with kids. When people think of Litchfield, they almost universally think of the town green, the beautiful church … [Read more...]
170. Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center
PequotsePossibly a Bit Too Expensive Stonington (Google Maps location) May 22, 2010 There are maybe 25 or so nature centers around the state and they are all pretty much the same. I’m not saying that as a knock on them, as I love each and every one. Some are certainly better than others, of course, and the … [Read more...]