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CTMQ > Rocky Hill

409. Academy Hall Museum

May 21, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

What is a Shad Horn? Rocky Hill (Google Maps location) March 16, 2019 There are a lot of museums in Connecticut with the word "Academy" in their names. Somewhere around 10. You can probably figure out why... there were lots of academies that served a town's children that then became too small to do so but the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Hartford County, Rocky Hill, Town History

Still Hill Brewery

October 10, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Still Getting New Breweries... Still Still Hill Brewery, Rocky Hill December 2017 In the stilllll of the niiiiiight… Still Hill is a hill in South Glastonbury, CT. In the 1800’s if you stood on Still Hill you could see the whole town of Glastonbury. One of the town’s founding fathers had a working still on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Hartford County, Rocky Hill, still hill brewery

CTMQ’s Guide to Rocky Hill

May 1, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Rocky Hill 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” Rocky Hill CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Hartford County, Rocky Hill

Rocky Hill’s Town Trails Intro

May 1, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Rocky Hill’s Town Trails Rocky Hill sounds like a town that would provide lots of difficult hiking opportunities. Alas, Rocky Hill is neither rocky nor hilly. Go figure. In fact, the defining natural feature of Rocky Hill is the Connecticut River. But there was an active quarry here that was (and is) decidedly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, Rocky Hill

TSTL’16.1: Dinosaur State Park

February 22, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #1 Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill February 20, 2016 We’re back! I had so much fun completing the 2015 The Sky’s the Limit Challenge that we’re rarin’ to get going with the 2016 version. We couldn’t even wait for the snow to melt. Just like last year, some of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, CT Dino Trail, Damian, dinosaur State Park, Dinosaurs, Hartford County, Hikes with my Boys, Rocky Hill, Sky's the Limit Challenge

NNL: Dinosaur Trackway

January 18, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

National Natural Landmark Rocky Hill Designation Date: 1968 Of all the nearly 600 National Natural Landmarks, very few are singular items like this. In fact, this one may be the smallest Landmark in the country. I'm guessing it is. The tracks are preserved at Dinosaur State Park and Museum which has a lot more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Calvin, CT Dino Trail, Damian, dinosaur State Park, Dinosaurs, Hartford County, National Natural Landmarks, Rocky Hill

96. Dinosaur State Park & Museum

August 4, 2009 by Steve 5 Comments

Dino-Mite! Rocky Hill (Google Maps Location) April 5, 2009 Lame title, I know. Which is a shame, because Dinosaur State Park is more deserving. Several of our state parks have museums - some large and well attended, others tiny and hidden. This one is wholly unique and is often a stop on non-Nutmeggers’ visits … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Animals, Cool Geology, CT Dino Trail, Damian, dinosaur State Park, Dinosaurs, Hartford County, Hoang, Natural History, Rocky Hill

Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry

July 14, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

Old Ferries Never Die... Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry June 14, 2008 Oof. This page is OLD and therefore the pictures are, shall we say, not good. Oh well... good story though. This is one of those Connecticut things that everyone should know about. I'd heard rumors about this ferry on the dingy back streets … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Ferries, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Rocky Hill

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