Not Getting Any Younger Young's Farm/Rock Hole Trails, Newington July 2021 This is not really a place a hiker will come to hike. This is a place where local dog walkers and high school amateur photographers come to do their thing. But that's also what makes it great: a large tract of open land with cleared … [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
Yale-Myers Forest Trails
Trying Not to Rue the Day French Rue, Camp, & Red Front Trails at Yale Myers Forest, Eastford September and November 2021 The Yale-Myers Forest is huge; bigger than many of Connecticut's state forests. Unsurprisingly, it is Yale's largest land holding (7,840 acres), covering huge chunks of land in the towns of … [Read more...]
(Former) National Champion: Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple Kongscut Mountain/Meshomasic State Forest, Glastonbury Big tree fans and big tree fans alike, you might want to grab a tissue for this one. Glastonbury's former national champion striped maple tree is dead. Like, snapped near the base and lying on the forest floor dead. Dead. … [Read more...]
JT: Chenes Roches Preserve
With a French Kiss Joshua's Trust Chenes Roches Preserve, Willington June 2021 This is a Joshua's Trust property. We all know English isn't the prettiest tongue on earth. I can't say which language is the most pleasant to the ear, but French is pretty nice. Take this preserve's name: Chenes Roches... ahh... … [Read more...]
Mill Brook Open Space
Fore Score Mill Brook Open Space, Windsor October 2021 You'd think there would be more abandoned golf courses turned into reclaimed open space for passive recreation around Connecticut. I'm sure there are a few more than I'm aware of at the moment, but I can only think of Pistol Creek in Berlin and this one, in … [Read more...]
Tobiassen Memorial Forest, Auperin, & Weigold Conservation Areas
A Rare Three-fer Tobiassen Memorial Forest, Plus Auperin & Weigold Conservation Areas, Tolland June 2021 The Tobiassen Memorial Forest is a Joshua's Trust property. As my son Calvin continues to play soccer at a fairly high level (for a 10-year-old, such as that is), his training and playing continues to take … [Read more...]
Walden Preserve
A Thoreauly Wonderful Preserve Walden Preserve, Salem December 2020 This is a Nature Conservancy preserve, managed by the Salem Chapter of the Avalonia Land Conservancy. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it … [Read more...]
Crystal Pond Park
Camp Nah Crystal Pond Park/Camp Nahaco Trails, Eastford & Woodstock September 2021 If you ever find yourself on the winding backroads west of Crystal Pond Park, you may drive through the expansive Buell Orchards on a September afternoon. If you do, you will be a little freaked out because you're in Eastford, but … [Read more...]
Monument House Museum
Deep House Beats Groton (Google Maps location) July 10, 2015 There's a lot going on at Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park. A pretty park on the bluffs above the Thames River with an important history, a climbable tower, a Connecticut Freedom Trail site, and a little museum. Let's be honest; not too many people … [Read more...]
Boston Turnpike Trail
This Trail is History Boston Turnpike Trail, Eastford September 2021 I can't pretend that I knew that this short loop trail in Eastford held any historical import when I first became aware of it and added it to my list of things to do in Eastford. Yes. That's right. I actually had a list of things to do in … [Read more...]
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