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CTMQ > Wolcott

Dragon’s Breath Forge

January 13, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Straight Fire Dragon's Breath Forge, Wolcott December 2022 Swords. Knives. All kinds of swords and knives. Types of swords and knives that no one not deeply involved in the world of swords and knives have ever heard of. And who, pray tell, is "deeply involved in the world of swords and knives" in our little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: New Haven County, Other Companies and Businesses, Wolcott

Mattatuck Trail: Section 1

January 3, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Cruising in a Plymouth 7.4 Miles, Wolcott & Plymouth December 2022 When I begin a new longer-distance trail, I often think about the people who rush to rip through certain hiking challenges. Surely there are Blue Trails Challenge hikers who try to get through the CFPA's nearly 1,000 miles of trails in just a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Cool Rocks, Litchfield County, mattatuck state forest, Mattatuck Trail, New Haven County, Plymouth, Wolcott

Finch Brook Preserve

December 7, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mario HiKarting Finch Brook Preserve, Wolcott November 2022 This trail is bonkers. Really and truly bonkers. It is a designed as a 2.6 mile go-kart track... but for hiking. You will get dizzy walking the loop. You will have visions of "cheating" by cutting corners. You will read poetry and cross into Waterbury for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: New Haven County, Wolcott

Scovill/e/Woodtick Reservoir Loop

January 20, 2022 by Steve 2 Comments

Scoville, Scovill, Woodtick, Cornelis, Mill Pond, Whatever ? Reservoir Mill Pond Way Loop December 2021 When all is said and done with regards to CTMQ, and I'm rocking in my chair telling the youngins about my decades-long project to do everything in Connecticut and one scamp asks me, "what do you remember most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: New Haven County, Wolcott

Klan Drive

July 21, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

OKKKaaaayyy... Klan Drive, Wolcott I'm sure there's a perfectly benign explanation for Klan Drive in Wolcott. Googling "Klan" does not provide this, however. In fact, deep Googling only makes the case that "Klan" is and always was what you associate the word with. So maybe Wolcott's Klan Drive is named … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: New Haven County, Roads and Tunnels, Wolcott

Old Stone Schoolhouse History Museum

July 12, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Virulent History Wolcott (Google Maps location) June 12, 2021 According to my accounting, Wolcott's Old Stone Schoolhouse Museum is the 468th Connecticut museum I've visited. Give or take. As you can well imagine, I've been to several old museums, several stone museums, and several schoolhouse museums at this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, New Haven County, School House, Town History, Wolcott

Mad River Cascades

July 8, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World Mad River Cascades, Wolcott In case you are unfamiliar with my list of Connecticut waterfalls, it is largely taken from a guidebook of Connecticut waterfalls. A guidebook which includes several "cascades" which the authors know are not waterfalls in any traditional sense. I'm fine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: New Haven County, Waterfalls, Wolcott

New Haven County Highpoint: Lindsley Hill

June 28, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Southwest Lindsley Hill Peaks New Haven County Highpoint (1,050 Feet), Wolcott June 2020 In county highpointing circles, Connecticut's counties are always called "county equivalents" or sometimes just "counties" with the scare quotes. County counters and county highpointers are sticklers for nomenclature - and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Peakbagging Tagged With: CT county highpoints, highpointing, New Haven County, peakbagging, Wolcott

Center School History Museum

June 18, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

Center of MAGA Connecticut Center School History Museum, Wolcott (Google Maps location) June 12, 2021 What am I gonna do? Pretend this is some revelatory museum? That its organization and deep research had me exploring every nook and cranny for hours on end? Sorry, I can't do that. I can only tell you about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, New Haven County, School House, Tiny Museums, Town History, Wolcott

CTMQ’s Guide to Wolcott

January 17, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: New Haven County, Wolcott

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