CTMQ

Destroying the myth that there is nothing to do here

green mountain modern house
  • CTMQ’s Town Guides
    • Town Completion Celebrations
  • Museums
    • Museum Visits
  • Hikes, Bikes, & Paddles
    • CFPA Blue Trails Challenge
    • Land Trust Trails
    • State Parks, Forests, Reserves, Preserves, & WMAs
    • Town Trails
  • Food & Drink
    • Best, Historic, & Unique Restaurants & Foods
    • Classic Diners & True Taverns
    • Homemade Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails
    • Breweries, Brewpubs, & Cideries
    • Wineries & Meaderies
    • Distilleries
  • Everything Else
    • National Designations
    • Firsts, Onlies, Oldests, Largests, Longests, Mosts, Smallests, & Bests
    • Geography
    • Biology & Geology
    • Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events
    • Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses
    • Towers, Bridges, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Airports, & Ferries
    • Religion, Remembrances, & Outdoor Art
    • Cultural & Historic Trails
    • Books, Movies, People, & Stories
  • Non-CT
    • Travel & Vacations
    • Highpointing and Peakbagging
    • Top 100 Novels Project
    • Oscar Movies Project
  • About
    • FAQ
    • Family
    • Smith-Magenis Syndrome
    • Press
CTMQ > Sterling

Sterling’s Town Trails

Leave a Comment

Sterling’s Town Trails

Sterling's Town Trails I'm sorry you've somehow found yourself on this page, for there are no Sterling-owned properties with trails as far as I know. If I'm wrong, please contact me or comment below. There aren't too many roads in Sterling. Or people. Heck, it was created as an offshoot town of Voluntown. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Sterling, Windham County

CTMQ’s Guide to Sterling

Leave a Comment

CTMQ’s Guide to Sterling

Everything Sterling 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” Sterling 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: Sterling, Windham County

Easternmost Point in Connecticut

1 Comment

Easternmost Point in Connecticut

The Beast of the East Angle Bound q, Sterling August 4, 2012 [This directional extreme was visited in Dagobah-like humidity during the Connecticut Extreme Geo-Tour 2012 with the most excellent Tom from Twelve-Mile Circle and the equally excellent Scott from The Scenic Drive. The were the extremely generous winning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, Superlatives Tagged With: Bushwhack, Geographic Extremes, Monuments and Plaques, Sterling, Windham County

Pachaug: Pharisee Rock Trail

Leave a Comment

Pachaug: Pharisee Rock Trail

Oh Those Pharisees Pharisee Rock Trail, Sterling December 14, 2012 For starters, I don't really care about who the Pharisees were. If you do, rock on. I do care about the Pharisee Rock Trail though - the short one mile in, one mile out trail on the Pachaug Trail in the Ekonk section of Sterling. I realize … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Cool Rocks, Great Views, pachaug state forest, Pachaug Trail, Sterling, Windham County

Devil’s Dens: Plainfield & Sterling

1 Comment

Devil’s Dens: Plainfield & Sterling

Plainfield: Note: This page appears over on my Satan in Connecticut! section, so it takes on a different flavor. As if the whole Hell Hollow story wasn't enough (Here), I set out for the same evil area a month later in order to pick up some miles on the local CFPA Trails (Pachaug and Quinebaug) as noted just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Caves & Dens, Cool Rocks, Plainfield, Quinebaug Trail, Satan!, Sterling, Windham County

Brown Cow Café at Ekonk Turkey Farm

3 Comments

Brown Cow Café at Ekonk Turkey Farm

Ekonk! If You Love Ice Cream Brown Cow Café at Ekonk Turkey Farm, Sterling March 19, 2011 All you can eat FREE HOMEMADE ICE CREAM SUNDAES? Corny food bloggers would say, "Yes please!" CTMQ says, well, I can't type the expletives here but there were some excited ones. Especially since Hoang was about 9 months … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Animals, Birds, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Sterling, Windham County

Charles Dow Birthplace

1 Comment

Charles Dow Birthplace

From Hell Hollow Road to Wall Street Charles Dow birthplace, Sterling Route 49 The funny thing about Sterling is that no one thinks of it as a sterling place. I rather enjoy it. I enjoy its anonymity and far-offness. I enjoy how parts of Sterling feel like Nebraska and other parts feel like Maine. I love that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Religion, Remembrances, & Outdoor Art Tagged With: Monuments and Plaques, Sterling, Windham County

Hell Hollow Road & Pond

8 Comments

Hell Hollow Road & Pond

Everything's Gone to Hell Griswold, Voluntown & Sterling This is one of Satan's favorite haunts here in Connecticut. Surely because of the road's unique name and rather dicey twists and turns, the ding-dongs who believe in such things pretend that spirits haunt this road. Anyone who knows me knows what I think of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Civil Engineering, Everything Else, Religion, Remembrances, & Outdoor Art Tagged With: Ghosties, Griswold, New London County, Pachaug Trail, Quinebaug Trail, Religulous, Roads and Tunnels, Satan!, Sterling, Voluntown, Windham County

Pachaug Trail: Section 2

3 Comments

Pachaug Trail: Section 2

Section 2: Hell (Hollow) and Back Southern Quinebaug Trail Crossover to Porter Pond, 4.8 miles, Voluntown, Plainfield, Sterling December 14, 2008 The best part about hiking solo is the ability to "hike your own hike." That's sort of a mantra along the Appalachian Trail for thru-hikers and in today's world, it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, New London County, pachaug state forest, Pachaug Trail, Plainfield, Satan!, Sterling, Voluntown, Windham County

Pachaug Trail Intro

Leave a Comment

Pachaug Trail Intro

Pachaug Trail 25.1 Miles, Voluntown, Sterling, Griswold, & Rhode Island December 2008 - The Pachaug is a mostly flat 25.1 mile horseshoe-shaped trail in the eastern lowlands of Connecticut. It traverses the Pachaug State Forest through Griswold and Voluntown and ventures into Rhode Island for a couple miles as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, pachaug state forest, Pachaug Trail, Plainfield, Rhode Island, Sterling, Voluntown

Become a CTMQ Patron!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo

Press & Media Inquiries

Latest Museum Visits

The heart of CTMQ

Totally Random Post!

  • 179. Marsh Botanical Garden Greenhouses179. Marsh Botanical Garden Greenhouses

Sponsored Links

Recent Comments

  • Wyatt on New Haven Holocaust Memorial
  • Denise Eldridge on I AM A GIANT MASTER
  • W. Rose on New England 50 Finest
  • claudia uehlein on Clinton Land Conservation Trust Intro
  • Padraic W Hagan on Lost Ruby Farm
Disclaimer
Mission Statement
Copyright © 2020 - CTMQ