Dennis Hill State Park View (and former Observation Platform) Norfolk, multiple visits Summit Road and Pavilion (1,627 feet) There are other CTMQ pages about Dennis Hill (a subsequent visit with the family and one about the former observation deck.) And someday, I'll beef this one up with the trails around the … [Read more...]
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch Bushnell Park, Hartford 116' high There are so many cool things in and around Hartford's Bushnell Park, I wouldn't have any idea where to begin explaining it all. Actually, that's a stupid statement because it's pretty clear that one would begin at the Capitol building (my … [Read more...]
Sessions Woods WMA
Hiking Sessions Session Woods WMA Multiple hikes You know what the most ridiculous thing you’ll read today is? This: I don’t think anyone else has ever used “Hiking Sessions” as a title for a description of hiking at Sessions Woods. What the heck is wrong with people? Is there really any other title for … [Read more...]
Sessions Woods Observation Tower
Sessions Woods Observation Tower Sessions Woods WMA, Burlington ~30' high Back when I started the list of towers and observation decks around Connecticut, a commenter noted that I was missing the Sessions Woods fire tower. I remember my initial thought was that the commenter was nuts. For I had, I … [Read more...]
Pequot Museum Observation Tower
Mashuntucket Pequot Museum Observation Tower Ledyard Elevator-facilitated Tower (185 feet) I have good news* for the cost-conscious among you CTMQ Tower List completists: This one is actually free! I never knew that until I visited the (decidedly not free) museum. So yes, you can drive out to the … [Read more...]
Camp Columbia State Park
Camp Columbia State Park Morris June 18, 2011 This is a funny one. It’s one of Connecticut’s many “undeveloped” state parks – but has a really cool thing in it that makes it one of the “undeveloped” parks well worth visiting. In fact, for the first time in my life, I wasn’t alone in an undeveloped state park! … [Read more...]
Camp Columbia Tower
Watch Your Step Camp Columbia State Park Tower June 18, 2011 (Officially Closed) Stone Tower [Update: The tower was open in 2014, though I doubt the state has officially made this "climbable."] As this tower sits atop a small hill in what is now a state park, and as the writer of this website I must make … [Read more...]
Stonington Harbor Lighthouse
Stonington Harbor Lighthouse 30 feet high, at sea level, Stonington September 3, 2010 *As with many of the lighthouse pages, I'm going to cut and paste information from Lighthouse Friends , below my own accounting. This lighthouse is open with your Old Lighthouse Museum admission and requires no water passage … [Read more...]
Orenaug Park & Fire Tower
A Town Named Woodbury Needs a Good Fire Tower Orenaug Park Fire Tower January 7, 2012 Steel Tower (80 feet) on a 540 foot hilltop It's not often one can take their little kid on a hike in early January in Connecticut. Well, I suppose I should say back when I was a kid, this would never happen. But since we get … [Read more...]
Southford Falls State Park
Southford Falls State Park Southbury/Oxford April 2, 2011 This is, in a way, the perfect state park for me to deal with here on CTMQ. I’ve always had issues with how in the world to write about some of these places; it’s not like I can do everything on offer in each park – nor do I even want to do that. But at … [Read more...]