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CTMQ > South Windsor

Evergreen Walk Trail

January 17, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

It's a Walk... Walk Evergreen Walk, South Windsor January 2023 Walk enough urban trails around Connecticut and you'll get cynical about these things too. On the one hand, it's great that this and other similar trails exist at all, but on the other hand, I can't help but thinking the only reason they exist is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, South Windsor

Rye Street Park

October 15, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

Hiker in the Rye Rye Street Park, South Windsor October 2020 The trail network at Rye Street Park is ridiculous. They are not real trails planned by a serious trail planner. They are absurd double-backing crackhead trails. In fact, they are so dopey that when I first walked some of one a couple years ago … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, South Windsor

South Windsor: Complete!

November 1, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

South Windsor: Complete! The Reds: CaBiN & Onion Here is the CTMQ Guide to South Windsor with my list and stories about everything I've done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Town Completion Celebrations Tagged With: Calvin, Hartford County, South Windsor

Wood Memorial Gingerbread House Festival

November 1, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Oh Snap! Wood Memorial Library Gingerbread House Festival, South Windsor November 28, 2014 I have no idea how many gingerbread house festivals there are in Connecticut, let alone New England, but I'm still confident that this one is one of the largest around. How can I be so confident? For one, I stay on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Calvin, Christmas, Damian, Hartford County, Libraries, South Windsor

Frank Niederwerfer Wildlife Sanctuary

October 24, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

You Nied This Place in Your Life South Windsor: Frank Niederwerfer Wildlife Sanctuary ~2 miles, June 2017 There are five trailed properties on my South Windsor town trails list. I had this idea to just bundle them all together when I write them up because really, I think we can agree that South Windsor's town … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Great Views, Hartford County, South Windsor

Lawrence Road Park

October 21, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Lawrence, Welp South Windsor: Lawrence Road Park ~0.5 miles, June 2017 There are five trailed properties on my South Windsor town trails list. I had this idea to just bundle them all together when I write them up because really, I think we can agree that South Windsor's town trails aren't exactly clickbait … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, South Windsor

Captain John Bissell Trail

October 21, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Needs More Than a Vacuum Cleaner Windsor, South Windsor, Manchester, & East Hartford, 4.5 miles June 2017 & November 2020 This page was originally just the 1.8 mile path across the Connecticut River. Since that walk, the path has been officially extended to East Hartford where it intersects the Charter Oak … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bike Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: East Hartford, Hartford County, Manchester, South Windsor, Windsor

Nevers Park

October 21, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Why, I Nevers! South Windsor: Nevers Park ~ 1 mile, June 2017 There are five trailed properties on my South Windsor town trails list. I had this idea to just bundle them all together when I write them up because really, I think we can agree that South Windsor's town trails aren't exactly clickbait … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, South Windsor

HAS: Station 43

October 18, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Ice Station 43 Station 43, South Windsor January 29, 2014 & A year later I wasn't expecting much from this particular wildlife sanctuary along the Connecticut River in South Windsor, so I didn't really allot all that much time for exploring. Turns out, I was sort of right - at least in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: audubon, Hartford Audubon Society, Hartford County, South Windsor

Foster Family Farm

October 14, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Corny Foster Family Farm, South Windsor September 24, 2017 I had never in my life done a corn maze. So I figured I should do one. "Completing" South Windsor gave me such an opportunity. I have now done a corn maze. In fact, according to the Foster Family Farm website, I've now experienced Connecticut's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Farms, Hartford County, Hoang, South Windsor

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