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CTMQ > Oxford

Long Meadow Falls

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Long Meadow Falls

Just Go With Me Here Long Meadow Falls, Oxford April 2016 Yeah, I know. This page is ridiculous. These falls don't appear in any guidebook and I may be the first person in history to hop out of his or her car to take not one, but two bad pictures of the unnamed falls on the unnamed stream. The stream comes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: New Haven County, Oxford, Waterfalls

OEC Brewing

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OEC Brewing

Oh Em Gee OEC Brewery, Oxford Many visits over many years Ah, OEC. Good ol’ OEC. OMG OEC. The pride of Oxford, CT. Ordinem Ecentrici Coctores. “Order of the Eccentric Boilers.” Which is utter nonsense and apparently improper Latin, but the claim is that owner, founder, head-brewer, head-blender, recipe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Hoang, New Haven County, OEC Brewing, Oxford

Stevenson Dam & Bridge

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Stevenson Dam & Bridge

Bridge Over Troubled... Dam? Route 34 and The Stevenson Dam Monroe & Oxford Stop me if you've heard this one before: "the Stevenson Dam is one of only two dams in the country that has a public road over the top." Wait. That's ridiculous, even if I've seen it in print. The actual claim is more specific: "the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Canals and Dams, Cool Bridges, Fairfield County, Fishways & Lifts & Ladders, Monroe, New Haven County, Oxford

Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary West

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Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary West

Rockin' the House Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary West, Oxford November 2020 Over my many years of hiking and writing about many hundreds of trails in Connecticut, I've had a few bad takes on mountain bikers. My thinking on the topic has evolved over the years and I've come to respect and appreciate what the New England … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Great Views, New Haven County, Oxford

Naugatuck State Forest Intro

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Naugatuck State Forest Intro

Naugatuck State Forest Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Cheshire, Hamden, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect & Seymour Naugatuck State Forest consists of five separate blocks in the towns listed above. They are not necessarily all connected either. Basically, when you drive up Route 8 through the valley south of Waterbury … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Beacon Falls, Bethany, Cheshire, Hamden, naugatuck, naugatuck state forest, New Haven County, Oxford, Prospect, Seymour

Seymour Land Conservation Trust Intro

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Seymour Land Conservation Trust Intro

Seymour Land Conservation Trust Seymour and Oxford I've become fairly adept at writing these trails orgs' intro pages. I can usually rip through putting one together in under ten minutes. Not so with Seymour's Land Conservation Trust. Their website in its current (September 2018) state is terri-- let's say, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: New Haven County, Oxford, Seymour, seymour conservation land trust

Black Hog Brewing Company

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Black Hog Brewing Company

A Hog and Ox(ford) Black Hog Brewing Company, Oxford March 2018 When Black Hog burst onto the Connecticut beer scene in the summer of 2014, they did a lot of things right. This was likely due to the backgrounds of the guys who run the joint. Brothers Jason and Tom Sobocinski come from a Polish/Italian family … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Black Hog Brewing, New Haven County, Oxford

Southford Falls Covered Bridge

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Southford Falls Covered Bridge

In Oxford, Not Southford, Which is in Southbury Southford Falls Covered Bridge Multiple visits There’s a lot going on over at Southford Falls State Park which is almost entirely in Oxford (rather than Southbury). To wit: A waterfall! Trails! Trails again! A Watchtower! And this, a cute little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Cool Bridges, Covered Bridges, Damian, New Haven County, Oxford, southford falls state park

CTMQ’s Guide to Oxford

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CTMQ’s Guide to Oxford

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

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

Indian Rock

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Indian Rock

Indian Rock Punkup Road, Oxford I have no recollection as to how I became aware of this roadside rock. It could have been a comment or an email or even a passing conversation with someone. I apologize to that someone for forgetting your important contribution to the CTMQ canon. That important contribution is... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Art, New Haven County, Oxford, Painted Rocks

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