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CTMQ > Hikes, Bikes & Paddles

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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

FLT: Cowles/Nancy Conklin Trail

July 3, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

I Keep Hiking for Millions of Reasons Cowles Parcel/Nancy Conklin Nature Trail, Farmington, 1.3 miles June 28, 2018 My employer’s annual work outing occurs in late June at the Farmington Club. It doesn’t really get going until 10 AM, so after dropping off my son, I had some time to kill before sitting around and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Farmington, farmington land trust

Salmon Brook Park

July 3, 2018 by Steve 1 Comment

Nothing Fishy Here Salmon Brook Park, Granby June 2018 When I put my Guide to Granby together, I noted that there were “hiking trails” at the town’s main municipal park. So on a day when I had some extra time after a work outing before picking up my son from school, I sought to check out those trails. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Granby

New England 50 Finest

June 29, 2018 by Steve 2 Comments

NEFF The New England Fifty Finest Another rather ambitious peak-bagging list that I'd love to complete, but I think real life will make this one difficult. This is a rather unique list that doesn’t have too much overlap with other, more popular lists. The list comprises the 50 summits with the highest topographic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Peakbagging Tagged With: Maine, Massachusetts, NEFF, New Hampshire, Vermont

North Stonington’s Town Trails Intro

June 26, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

North Stonington’s Town Trail NoSto. Finally. Finally a town nickname that makes sense. NoSto. I live in WeHa, and I hate that moniker. But I like NoSto. If only because “North Stonington” is the longest Connecticut town name and it gets annoying to type. As for trails in town, you’ve got some state … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes

Harwinton Recreation Trails/DEEP Western HQ

June 25, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Going DEEP CT DEEP Western Headquarters/Harwinton Conservation Trails May 6, 2018 I’m going to do a rare thing here in Harwinton. I hiked all seven currently trailed properties on one (rainy) morning, so I’m going to sort of serialize the write-ups. If for some reason you want to start at the beginning, go here, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: harwinton

Norfolk’s Town Trails Intro

June 8, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Norfolk’s Town Trails With three state parks, two quasi-private forest tracts (Aton and Great), and an active land trust, that doesn’t leave much land for the town to manage. Even in a town with so much undeveloped land like Norfolk. And frankly, I’m not really all that confident what’s listed below should even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Norfolk

Ansonia’s Town Trails

June 4, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Ansonia’s Town Trails Ansonia used to be part of Derby but then someone decided it should separate. As a result, two of the three smallest towns in Connecticut are... Derby (the smallest) and Ansonia (third smallest). Both are cities and both have limited land for hiking. Ansonia does have a few small … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: ansonia

HLT: Forever Forest

June 4, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

FOR-evah, and Evah! Harwinton Land Trust: Forever Forest May 2018 & November 2020 I’m going to do a rare thing here in Harwinton. I hiked all seven currently trailed properties on one (rainy) morning, so I’m going to sort of serialize the write-ups. If for some reason you want to start at the beginning, go here, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: harwinton, harwinton land trust

Thompson’s Town Trails

June 1, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Thompson’s Town Trails Shhhhhhhh... be quiet. We're in Thompson. In the corner up there. The Quiet Corner. And there are things for me to do for this website, but don't tell anyone. I like to be left alone. Shhhh... Thompson has some decent trails, but most are state parks or land trust land or overseen by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Thompson

Roxbury’s Town Trails

May 25, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

Roxbury’s Town Trails When I wrote up the intro for Rocky Hill’s town trails, I said that it “sounds like a town that would provide lots of difficult hiking opportunities. Alas, Rocky Hill is neither rocky nor hilly.” But Roxbury? Roxbury is indeed rocky. And of course there are billions of “rox” that are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Roxbury

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