Dartin' Around Vernon Hockanum River Trails (VGV): Dart Hill SE & SW, Vernon ~2 miles total, February/May 2017 If you are reading these Hockanum River Trails south to north, you have already read the Pleasantview Marsh page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. Better yet, start at the beginning with … [Read more...]
A.K. Webster Preserve & Valley Falls Area
That Soccer Field Still Gets Me... A.K. Webster Preserve, Vernon May 2017 The Northern Connecticut Land Trust owns the land east of the Webster Preserve and above the cliffs down to Valley Falls Park. This page includes some of that but the Valley Falls Page includes more. Ah yes, that soccer field. I noted … [Read more...]
Vernon Center Middle School Trail
Redundant Redundancy Vernon Center Middle School Trail, Vernon May 2017 This seems like a rather odd place for me to finish up everything there is to do in Vernon (as far as this site is concerned), but... it was here, high atop the hill behind Vernon Center Middle School where the boys and I gazed across a rural … [Read more...]
Eckers Pond
What the Eckers? Eckers Pond, Vernon May 2017 I don't think this is trailed anymore, but as you'll read, that only makes sense. This is a Northern Connecticut Land Trust property. Do not read this page as a standalone page. Hiking the Northern Connecticut Land Trust’s Eckers Pond Trail without hiking the … [Read more...]
Arts Center East
This Place is ACEs Arts Center East, Vernon (Location) May 2017 CT museum visit #349. What a joy it is to visit a little art gallery/museum with a just-turned-six-year-old who is totally into it. I could write 4,000 words on Calvin’s burgeoning art career, and perhaps I will on other pages more relevant to … [Read more...]
Hocknum River Trail 17: Oakland
I've Got a Bridge to Sell You Hockanum River Trail: Oakland, Manchester & Vernon 2 miles, December 2016 If you are reading my thru-hike of the Hockanum River Trail in order (generally south to north), you have already read the Union Pond Trail page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. Better yet, start … [Read more...]
Stickney Hill
The Place That Shall Be Named Stickney Hill, Vernon May 2017 This is a Manchester Land Conservation Trust property. It appears that they have settled on this place being called Stickney Hill. You may or may not know that a bunch of "town" land trusts own land outside of their towns. The Manchester Land … [Read more...]
Strong Family Farm
Their Strawberry Game is Strong Vernon June 2017 Through grants and efforts, the Strong Family Farm preserved some pastureland and added a trail as well. Yup, this is another one of those CTMQ pages that just sort of "exists." I learned about the Strong Family Farm via the CT Open House Day listing which said … [Read more...]
Keyhole Tunnel
Vernon’s Keyhole Tunnel Tunnel Road, Vernon I’ve driven through it dozens of times over the years and never gave it much thought. But now that I'm "completing" Vernon CTMQ-style, I figure I'll write about it. So, after going through it several more times while hitting every little trailed property in town, I … [Read more...]
Talcott Ravine/Dobsonville Falls
Same Dam Falls Talcott Ravine Falls, Vernon May 2017 & June 2020 Sometime I disagree with Connecticut Waterfalls and its decision to exclude certain falls around the state. However, I agree with this one not making the final edit. Mostly because from what I can tell, it’s a fake falls. It’s merely a dam … [Read more...]