Farmington Canal Heritage Trail: River Loop Extension Red Oak Hill Road, Farmington to Hopmeadow Steet, Simsbury (~16 miles) July/August 2020 The northernmost section of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in Connecticut has miles of beautiful stretches. But for my money, this loop extension Farmington River Trail … [Read more...]
Stratton Brook State Park Intro
Stratton Brook State Park Simsbury I live in West Hartford, but when we were house-shopping for a few years, I was really pushing for Simsbury. I love Simsbury and heck, if my wife wanted the WeHa Lyfe so badly, she could make the short drive as needed. State Parks! State Forest! Mountains! Miles and miles of … [Read more...]
Stratton Brook Covered Bridge
Strappin' Stratton Brook State Park, Simsbury There are more than a few pages featuring random covered bridges on this site. I know there's just nothing really to say about most of them, but I keep doing it. Everytime I think that keeping up with this particular list for the site is dumb, I quickly jot off a page … [Read more...]
TSTL’17.1: Stratton Brook State Park
The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #1 Stratton Brook State Park, Simsbury February 2017 Saturday, February 18th, 11:41 AM. The thought dawns on me that the CT DEEP should have just released the 2017 Sky's the Limit Challenge. Google. Click. There it is! Scan list. Scratch head. Scan again, this time … [Read more...]
Stratton Brook State Park Trails
Twigs & Stratton Stratton Brook State Park Trails October 27, 2013 I’ve been to Stratton Brook a bunch of times, but only to take Damian sunning and swimming at the pond over there. Oh, and there’s one of the smallest nature center “museums” over there as well. But this page is about the park in general … [Read more...]
Stratton Brook State Park Nature Center
At least I saw a Water Scorpion Stratton Brook State Park Nature Center, Simsbury (Google Maps location) July 2009 Connecticut museum visit #122. I'm sure it very rarely open these days. At one point I think I had a plan to visit all the state parks in Connecticut and blog about them too. Who knows, maybe I … [Read more...]