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Southford Falls

April 9, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

Southford Falls State Park Oxford April 2, 2011 For more on Southford Falls State Park, check out my dedicated park page. For more on the Southford Falls Watchtower, check out my dedicated tower page. As I start writing this, I realize that for some reason Damian always seems to be with me on waterfall … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Justin Coleman Photography, Oxford, Southbury, southford falls, southford falls state park, Waterfalls

137. Audubon at Bent of the River

December 31, 2009 by Steve 5 Comments

Get Bent Southbury (Google Maps Location) August 14, 2009 Before Damian transitioned to a new in-town daycare (and before I started my new job), I decided to spend a couple weeks with him in order to save some money – and if you know how much daycare costs, we’re actually talking a lot of money saved. And so, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Museums Tagged With: audubon, Damian, Natural History, 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, 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, Kettletown State Park, Lake Zoar Area Trails, Newtown, Oxford, Pomperaug Trail, Southbury

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