Shouldn't It Be Called "Viewblein Tower?" Heublein Tower Museum, Simsbury (Google Maps Location, even though you must hike to it.) October 2007 Connecticut museum visit #35. Yes, there really is a little museum in the tower. I don't know (yet) but I'm guessing this may be the most physically inaccessible … [Read more...]
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State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites
State Highpointing Intro
Why State Highpointing?
Land Trust Trails
Connecticut Hiking Challenges & Rewards
CFPA Trails & The Blue Trails Challenge
Town Owned Trails
Peakbagging Tallies
Highpointing and Peak-Bagging Intro
Metacomet Trail: Section 10
Section 10: A Towering Achievement Reservoir #6 to Penwood State Park, 5.7 miles, West Hartford, Bloomfield, Avon, & Simsbury October 2007 2019 Update: Y'know, if there ever was a page I should go dig through the old CD's looking for the original pictures, it's this one. But... I have other stuff to do. This page … [Read more...]
Metacomet Trail: Section 9
Section 9: Weather Or Not... We Hike Prattling Pond Road, Farmington to Reservoir # 6, West Hartford, 6.1 Miles October 12, 2007 Through the years, Hoang and I have generally been fortunate weather-wise on our hikes. Even our ascent of Mt. Washington, home to the worst weather in the world, was under sunny … [Read more...]
Peoples State Forest Trails
Power to the Peoples! Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted, Trail network (~10 miles) October 2007 After enjoying myself immensely during previous visits to Peoples State Forest - at the Barkhamsted Lighthouse and The Stone Museum, as well as across the west branch of the Farmington River for the two hikes in … [Read more...]
Barkhamsted Lighthouse
This (Really) Little Light Of Mine... Barkhamsted Lighthouse, Barkhamsted September 2007 This site is on the Concept of Freedom Trail, which I'll address first on this page. From the Freedom Trail folks: At this site was a village made up of Native Americans, African Americans, and whites who in their time … [Read more...]
River Valley Junction
Every Witch Way But Caboose Essex (Google Maps Location) October 11, 2007 [2014 Update: I've changed the name of this place in the title because it seems as though the Essex Steam Train folks have settled on this name. There's a new - in 2008 - art gallery in the building that wasn't there during our 2007 … [Read more...]
Metacomet Trail: Section 8
Section 8: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Rte 372, Plainville to Prattling Pond Road, Farmington, 6.3 miles October 6, 2007 Updated with reroute and in early 2018 The Metacomet Trail just gets better and better. Another perfect day for a hike with more surprises along this fascinating section. These include … [Read more...]
Essex Steam Train
I Think I Can, I Think I Can... Essex Steam Train, Essex, Deep River, & Chester October 10, 2007 This page is just about the Essex Steam Train ride. For the related museum, go here. Puff, puff! Chug, choo! Off they started! Slowly the cars began to move. Slowly they climbed the steep hill. As they … [Read more...]
Metacomet Trail: Section 7
Section 7: Hiking With The Apple Of My Eye Andrews Street to Rte 372 Trailhead, 5.9 miles September 14, 2007 Note: This section includes a reroute off of roads which is nice. I also made the effort to find the original pictures, so this page looks fairly nice. If you want to start at the beginning of the trail, … [Read more...]
Salmon River Trail
The Early Bird Gets The Spoils... Colchester, 6.9 miles, solo August 19, 2007 The Victor can have the stinkin' worm. Hoang and I had been hiking The Metacomet Trail incrementally for a while and I had already done CFPA's Nyantaquit Trail a few weeks prior, but between that hike and this one, I found out about … [Read more...]