Avon Land Trust Trails
Here at CTMQ HQ, it’s not all about the CFPA Blue Trails. Oh no. I quickly came to learn that there are many other very worthy areas in which to hike when I stumbled on some Simsbury Land Trust trails years ago. They were excellent; very well marked and maintained and with great views and the hiking was challenging to boot. So one day I decided to not discriminate against non-CFPA trails and that decision opened up a whole other world to me. And for that, I am thankful.
Oakes Preserve
The ALT seems to be intertwined with the town’s open space quite intimately. There are similarly named parcels that abut each other. There are town parcels that you must hike through to access land trust parcels. For my OCD, separting these into “land trust” and “town” trails has been difficult but fun. But not as fun as getting out into the woods and checking them out!
The Preserves/Hikes:
Buckingham Trail
Garvin & Maher Trails at Hunter’s Run
Hazen Park and Skyline Trails
Oakes Preserve
Thompson-Osbourne Preserve
Wellner Family Conservation Area
Avon Land Trust
CTMQ’s Guide to Avon
CTMQ’s Land Trust Trails Page
ben says
January 21, 2012 at 5:40 pmum, not to be mean to avon or anything, but don’t you think they could afford some nicer maps on the Land Trust pages? like, ones that don’t look like they were drawn in microsoft word by a drunk blind person? just saying.
Steve says
January 22, 2012 at 10:49 amThere are worse. Believe me, there are worse.