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CTMQ > Willington

Fenton-Ruby Park

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Fenton-Ruby Park

A Real Gem Fenton-Ruby Park and Wildlife Preserve, Willington August 2019 I've written before that Connecticut's northern towns contain secrets. Not quite "Twin Peaks" level secrets, but something along those lines. I'm talking about things like how there was a point at which I thought I had hiked every trail in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Tolland County, Willington

CTMQ’s Guide to Willington

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CTMQ’s Guide to Willington

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

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

Willington’s Town Trails

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Willington’s Town Trails

Willington's Town Trails The Nipmuck Trail nips Willington's southeast corner and Joshua's Trust has a parcel with a trail in town. Only 6,000 people live here and aside from a section of I-84, it's a very quiet, forested town. So of course there are endless opportunities for woodland hiking. Right? Oddly, … [Read more...]

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

Nipmuck Trail: Section 3

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Nipmuck Trail: Section 3

Section 3: This I Know(lton): I Pix(ied) a Winner Willington/Ashford, ~15 Miles (one-way), With Matt Woodward February 5, 2017 Marsh Rd to Barlow Mill Road My tortured title refers to my hiking partner, Matt Woodward. Matt has been chronicling northeast CT's Joshua's Trust properties, among others here, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Ashford, Blue Trails Challenge, Natchaug State Forest, Nipmuck Trail, Tolland County, Willington, Windham County, yale myers forest

351. Lance Arnold Gallery & Fairy Trail

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351. Lance Arnold Gallery & Fairy Trail

Flotsam and GetSum Ashford/Willington (Google Maps Location) May 21, 2017 For those of you unaware who may happen to care, there's a CTMQ facebook page. I pretty much only use it to post new pages when I publish them. I'll spare you my facebook hate for now. Because sometimes it actually does something good. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Ashford, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum, Tolland County, Willington, Windham County

Joshua’s Trust Intro

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Joshua’s Trust Intro

Joshua’s Tract Conservation and Historic Trust Andover, Ashford, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Eastford, Franklin, Hampton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Tolland, Willington, Windham Whoa! Before I even read up on this land trust, I’m going to guess this is the largest one in Connecticut. FOURTEEN towns?! Sheesh, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Andover, Ashford, chaplin, columbia, Coventry, Eastford, Franklin, Hampton, Joshua's Trust, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Tolland, Tolland County, Willington, Windham, Windham County

Red Potato Pizza at Willington Pizza

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Red Potato Pizza at Willington Pizza

You Say Potato, I Say Delicious Willington Pizza House, Willington May 17, 2009 Way back in the 1990's, some college or college-age students used to do a thing called "dating." This was before online social made such a quaint practice obsolete among that demographic. And if you went to UConn, as I did, your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Pizza, restaurants, Tolland County, unique restaurants and/or food, Willington

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