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CTMQ > Union

NRLT: Manchester Field and Woods

January 24, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Not in Manchester, Not in Roxbury Manchester Field and Woods, Union December 2021 None of the New Roxbury Land Trust properties are officially trailed. Look, I hear you. When did I start writing about untrailed and admittedly unexciting properties? The answer is... today. And I don't really have a good reason … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Bushwhack, new roxbury land trust, Tolland County, Union

Tolland County Highpoint: Burley Hill

January 10, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Burley Hill Tolland County Highpoint: (1,316 Feet), Union December 31, 2021 Wow, this is weird. I just went to look at my page on the Windham County Highpoint at Snow Hill in Ashford and it turns out that I conquered that county on New Years Eve Day exactly five years prior to climbing Burley Hill. I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Peakbagging Tagged With: CT county highpoints, Stafford, Tolland County, Union

Nipmuck State Forest

February 5, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Nipmuck State Forest Ashford, Stafford, Union, Willington, Woodstock I can't promise you that this page will ever be complete. Yes, I like to be thorough and almost always am, but when it comes to the Nipmuck... it's tough. It's big and it's sprawling, sure, but most importantly it contains many secrets within it. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Ashford, nipmuck state forest, Tolland County, Union, Windham County, Woodstock

Bigelow Hollow State Park Intro

February 2, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Bigelow Hollow State Park & Adjacent Nipmuck State Forest Union, Woodstock, Massachusetts Grrr. And Brrr. Grrr because in reality, Bigelow Hollow State Park is actually pretty small - containing a few loop trails, campsites, and Bigelow Pond. But no one differentiates the state park from the larger Nipmuck State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Massachusetts, nipmuck state forest, Tolland County, Union, Windham County, Woodstock

New Roxbury Land Trust

January 12, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

The New Roxbury Land Trust Trails Union & Woodstock I'm confused. First by the "New Roxbury" name of course, since this land trust's holdings are in Union and Woodstock... many miles from western Connecticut's Roxbury. Their website does not offer an explanation for their name, but I really don't care. I care more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: new roxbury land trust, Tolland County, Union, Windham County, Woodstock

Union’s Town Trails

July 14, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Union's Town Trails I'm sorry you've somehow found yourself on this page, for there are no Union-owned properties with trails as far as I know. If I'm wrong, please contact me or comment below. My Union Town Hikes: None CTMQ's Guide to Union Various maps of Union CTMQ's Town Owned Land … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Tolland County, Union

453. Union Historical Society Museum

September 7, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Union Jacked Union (Google Maps location) August 6, 2019 Union, Connecticut. You know, that town name on the last Connecticut exit sign on I-84 East that you pass on your way to Boston? The town that you’ve never been sure is a real town? Union. First inhabited by Nipmucks, and later, in 1727, settled by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, Rarely Open, Tiny Museums, Tolland County, Town History, Union

Mountain Laurel Sanctuary

July 16, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Peak Failage Mountain Laurel Sanctuary, Nipmuck State Forest, Union July 2018 On New Years Eve Day in 2016, I visited this place with my son Calvin. Who visits a Mountain Laurel Sanctuary in the dead of winter? We do... but we merely drove through it then to attain the all-important highest point in Windham … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: nipmuck state forest, Tolland County, Union

CTMQ’s Guide to Union

December 12, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Union 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” Union CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If I’ve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Tolland County, Union

TSTL’17.5: Bigelow Hollow State Park

April 10, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #5 Bigelow Hollow State Park, Union March 4, 2017 Quick! Who remembers March 4, 2017 in northern Connecticut? It was that Saturday? In early March? With all the wind? Yeah, it was that freezing cold day with temperatures in the low-teens but a howling and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: bigelow hollow state park, Blue Trails Challenge, Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Sky's the Limit Challenge, Tolland County, Union

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