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CTMQ > privately owned trail

RWA: Lake Chamberlain

January 13, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Recharging My Battery Lake Chamberlain, Bethany & Woodbridge January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. Lake Chamberlain itself is entirely in Bethany, but a couple of the trails within this RWA property extend down into Woodbridge and connect to other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Bethany, New Haven County, privately owned trail, RWA Trails, Woodbridge

RWA: Lake Gaillard

December 17, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

Commune With Nature Lake Gaillard, North Branford December 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access and this particular one is not open to the public at all. Also, Gaillard is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Christmas, Hoang, New Haven County, North Branford, privately owned trail, RWA Trails

RWA: Amity Road to Dillon Road

December 6, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Amityville Horror Amity Road to Dillon Road, Woodbridge January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. And please obey all posted trail closure signs. I have enjoyed my South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority Trails. The maps are excellent, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: New Haven County, privately owned trail, RWA Trails, Woodbridge

Yale-Myers Forest Trails

November 17, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Trying Not to Rue the Day French Rue, Camp, & Red Front Trails at Yale Myers Forest, Eastford September and November 2021 The Yale-Myers Forest is huge; bigger than many of Connecticut's state forests. Unsurprisingly, it is Yale's largest land holding (7,840 acres), covering huge chunks of land in the towns of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Eastford, privately owned trail, Windham County, Yale, yale myers forest

Ratlum Mountain Fire Tower (Private)

September 6, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Awww, Rats(lums)! Ratlum Mountain Fire Tower (Private), Canton August 2021 Like everyone, I'm sure, I've wistfully stared up at the Ratlum Mountain tower from the red light on Route 44 in the center of New Hartford for decades. So tall! So visible! So exciting! So... private. Always one to respect privacy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Canton, Hartford County, Observation Towers, privately owned trail

RWA: Lake Bethany

August 6, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Well, Blow Me Down Lake Bethany, Bethany January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. And please obey all posted trail closure signs. This was an interesting hike with Calvin. Aug. 29, 2020: Officials said the tornado first touched down in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Bethany, New Haven County, privately owned trail, RWA Trails

RWA: Lake Hammonasset

April 27, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mad Killing It, Yo Lake Hammonasset, Madison & Killingworth January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. As with many of these Regional Water Authority properties, there's a white-blazed forest road that circumnavigates a reservoir. Which is perhaps the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Cool Geology, killingworth, Madison, Middlesex County, New Haven County, privately owned trail, RWA Trails

RWA: Genesee Trails

March 23, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

I Gen eh See How It Is Genesee Trails, Guilford & Madison January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. Hot on the heels of my very first RWA hike down the coast at Maltby Lakes, I was all jazzed up for a dawn hike here, at the Genesee Property. I'd learned … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Guilford, Madison, New Haven County, privately owned trail, RWA Trails

RWA: Maltby Lakes

January 18, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

I'll Drink to This Place Maltby Lakes, West Haven, New Haven, & Orange January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. In case you're curious, Maltby Lakes was my very first RWA hike, 14+ years after I began this website. The RWA properties have always been this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Hikes with my Boys, New Haven, New Haven County, Orange, privately owned trail, RWA Trails, West Haven

BLT: Fetzer Property & Falls

November 19, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

I Love This House Fetzer Falls at the Fetzer Property, Burlington May 2015 Writing CTMQ has been a great way for me to meet some really interesting people over the years. Many of these people aren’t remotely “famous” or sought out, but that’s okay. They all probably like it that way. One such person is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Burlington, Burlington Land Trust, Hartford County, privately owned trail, Waterfalls

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