Long Skyline Drive Northern Connecticut Land Trust: Skyline Scenic Area Trails, Somers September 2023 I was pretty jazzed for this 1.5 mile loop hike up on the Massachusetts border in Somers. It promised a three-state view, some challenging granite scrambles, and Mystery Pits. That's right, Mystery Pits! … [Read more...]
Somers’ Mystery Pits
A True Mystery Mystery Pits, Somers September 2023 I have my rules. As the sole writer and traveler for this website, I have my rules. My rules on what makes the cut to get a page on the site and what doesn't. The Mystery Pits of Somers make the cut. Even though the Mystery Pits of Somers are... non-existent? … [Read more...]
Ernie Boothroyd & Bellante Preserves
Sitting and Finding Balance Boothroyd & Bellante Preserves, Ellington May 2019 & December 2023 The original Boothroyd Preserve trail system here was expanded with the addition of the adjoining Bellante Preserve in 2019. These are Northern Connecticut Land Trust properties. Ernie Boothroyd Nature … [Read more...]
Wapping Bog
Do Wap Nothern Connecticut Land Trust: Wapping Bog, East Windsor April 2019 Wapping Bog has no marked trails and it's not really a place anyone would ever want to explore to any extent but it's called "Wapping Bog" and there's a sign so here we are. On Wapping Road in East Windsor. It looks like a … [Read more...]
Swann Farm
My Swann Song (For a Week or Two) Swann Farm, Ellington March 2019 This is a Northern Connecticut Land Trust property. Normally, I would write up a half-mile hike, hit publish, link it at the appropriate places, not really tell anyone, and call it a day. But this half-mile hike, which is certainly not a hike … [Read more...]
Sunset Hill Trail
A Good Lesson on Winter Sun Angles Sunset Hill Trail, Ellington March 2019 This is a Northern Connecticut Land Trust property. It has been another long winter here in Connecticut... not so much because of excessive snow or cold, but because my son Calvin is seven and has a very full social calendar. Fuller … [Read more...]
A.K. Webster Preserve & Valley Falls Area
That Soccer Field Still Gets Me... A.K. Webster Preserve, Vernon May 2017 The Northern Connecticut Land Trust 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 … [Read more...]
Eckers Pond
What the Eckers? Eckers Pond, Vernon May 2017 I don't think this is trailed anymore, but as you'll read, that only makes sense. This is a Northern Connecticut Land Trust property. Do not read this page as a standalone page. Hiking the Northern Connecticut Land Trust’s Eckers Pond Trail without hiking the … [Read more...]
Talcott Ravine/Dobsonville Falls
Same Dam Falls Talcott Ravine Falls, Vernon May 2017 & June 2020 Sometime I disagree with Connecticut Waterfalls and its decision to exclude certain falls around the state. However, I agree with this one not making the final edit. Mostly because from what I can tell, it’s a fake falls. It’s merely a dam … [Read more...]
Talcott Ravine
No, Really! It’s a Real Ravine! Talcott Ravine, Vernon May 2017 This is a Northern Connecticut Land Trust property. Be honest with yourself; if someone said, “hey, let’s go check out that ravine in Vernon,” what would you think? You’d think that person is either lying, crazy, or both. Well, the ravine … [Read more...]