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CTMQ > Pomperaug Trail

Kettletown Brook Cascades

August 13, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Suits Me to a Tea Kettletown Brook Cascades, Southbury January 2012 These falls (cascades, officially) are included in the new (2013) Connecticut Waterfalls guidebook, so I’m adding this page two years after visiting. And since I’m lazy, I’m not going to go find the CD that contains the original pictures to give … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Kettletown State Park, New Haven County, Pomperaug Trail, Southbury, Waterfalls

Cedar Mill Brook Falls

August 13, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cedar? I Hardly Know Her Cedar Mill Brook Falls, Stevenson Oxford September 2012 [Note: For my Waterfalls pages, I’m using the town designation used by the Connecticut Waterfalls 2013 guidebook. Because sometimes it’s fun. Like now... because as you all know, Stevenson is a section of.. Of Monroe? That’s the only … [Read more...]

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

Pomperaug Trail

September 25, 2012 by Steve 2 Comments

Pomp and CTMQstance Pomperaug Trail, 4.6 miles in Oxford and Southbury January 14 & September 16, 2012 As I sit to write this I see that I apparently struggled several months ago in figuring out how to present this section of mid-Housatonic River Trails. The CFPA Walk Books call them "Lake Zoar Area Trails," … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Beach, Blue Trails Challenge, Kettletown State Park, Lake Zoar Area Trails, New Haven County, Oxford, Pomperaug Trail, Southbury

Kettletown State Park Trails

July 9, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Put a Kettle on and Read 4 Trails, various mileages, Southbury/Oxford Various Dates Hike 1: Miller Trail, 4/13/09 Hike 2: Crest, Campground, Brook Trails, 1/14/12 Hike 3: Oxford Loop Trail, 9/16/12 (Pomperaug Trail - Separate Blog Entry, 9/16/12) I had assumed that the Kettletown name was derived from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Great Views, Kettletown State Park, Lake Zoar Area Trails, New Haven County, Oxford, Pomperaug Trail, Southbury

Lake Zoar Area Trails

June 5, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

ZOOOAAARRRR! Lake Zoar Area Trails Back in the day, the CFPA used to lump a bunch of trails under this heading. Then with the newest edition of the Walk Book, it changed and is now just listed as "Kettletown State Park, Pomperaug, and Zoar Trails." Sure, the Paugussett Trail was lengthened and removed from this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Blue Trails Challenge, Fairfield County, Kettletown State Park, Lake Zoar Area Trails, New Haven County, Newtown, Oxford, Pomperaug Trail, Southbury

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