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CTMQ > paugnut state forest

Paugnut State Forest Intro

December 26, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Paugnut State Forest Torrington & Winchester Though Paugnut sounds like a kind of tree, it was supposedly a Native American chief back in the day. There is some dispute about the veracity of this claim. Regardless, we now have a decently sized state forest that more or less connects two state parks in Torrington. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Litchfield County, paugnut state forest, Torrington, Winchester

Wolcott/Walcott Trail

October 22, 2008 by Steve 3 Comments

But I'm nowhere near Wolcott! Torrington, 2.5 Miles (plus .5 mile connector trail), solo September 13, 2008 I revisited half of this trail with my sons in March of 2016 as part of the DEEP's Sky's the Limit Challenge. Totally different trail experience here. Let's talk about the incongruously named Wolcott … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, burr pond state park, Litchfield County, paugnut state forest, Torrington

Alain and May White Nature Trails

October 16, 2008 by Steve 8 Comments

Rub a Dub Dub, Five Trails and a Tub Torrington, 4.1 Miles or so September 13, 2008 Having been sufficiently warmed up by my 2.1 mile hike hike down the John Muir Trail, I was ready to tackle the tangle of the Alain and May White Nature Trails, all within Sunnybrook State Park. There are five trails here, plus a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Cool Rocks, Litchfield County, paugnut state forest, Sunny Brook State Park, Torrington

John Muir Trail

October 3, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

What's the Muiral of this Story? Torrington, 2.11 Miles September 2008 "These beautiful days much enrich all my life. They do not exist as mere pictures... but they saturate themselves into every part of the body and live always." - John Muir. Why is there a short little rarely hiked trail in Torrington … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, burr pond state park, Litchfield County, paugnut state forest, Sunny Brook State Park, Torrington

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