Officially Petitioning for Elephant Shrews Everywhere Farmington: Reservoir Trails ~.75 miles, January 2018 We have a lot of little reservoirs in central Connecticut. As you can imagine, they are hugely important to us residents of central Connecticut. A secondary bonus function of them, besides sustaining our … [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
Essex Land Trust Intro
Essex Land Trust Essex, Deep River, & Old Saybrook Psst! Wanna know a secret? Everyone loves Essex. Hey! I said ESsex. It's a beautiful little town near the mouth of the Connecticut River. It's quaint, even. It's historic. Artistic. Well-kept. Tony. And it has greenspace and a very active land trust to keep up … [Read more...]
Farmington Land Trust
Farmington Land Trust Farmington I live very close to Farmington, relatively speaking. So it would make sense that I'm well-versed in Farmington hiking opportunities. Alas, weirdly, I am not. Even more weirdly, there are a decent number of trailed properties in the town; many of which I've driven past innumerable … [Read more...]
Killingly’s Town Trails
Killingly’s Trails Killingly me softly... I find Killingly to be one of the most fascinating towns in Connecticut. I can’t really pinpoint why, exactly, but it has a lot to do with the fact it is, perhaps, the ultimate Swamp Yankee town. It has a hardscrabble “downtown” in Danielson, sure, but it has many … [Read more...]
Wyndham Land Trust Intro
Wyndham Land Trust Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Thompson, Woodstock The Wyndham Land Trust covers pretty much the whole of Windham County, and has holdings in more towns than I've listed above. But as you probably know, I'm only interested in those places at which I can hike - or at least cobble together … [Read more...]
Wigwam Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
Wiggin’ Out Litchfield Hills Audubon Society's Wigwam Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, Litchfield Novembers 2017 & 2020 The town of Litchfield has always been interesting to me. Everyone is familiar with its fancy dan “downtown” area; with its restaurants and high-end shopping. But outside of that strip through the … [Read more...]
River Highlands State Park
No Puttering About Here River Highlands State Park, Cromwell October 2017 I would guess that when most people here think about “River Highlands” in Cromwell, they think about golf. And by “most people” I mean 99.9% of them. After all, the annual PGA tournatment at TPC River Highlands is a highlight … [Read more...]
Trumbull’s Town Trails
Trumbull’s Town Trails According to Trumbull... Trumbull has the most recreational and open space per capita in the state. I have no way of verifying that, nor do I have any inclination to try. Trumbull makes this claim quite often, so we’ll go with it. At one point, there existed a Trumbull Land Trust but they … [Read more...]
Plainville’s Town Trails
Plainville’s Town Trails I question why I bother with introductory pages for towns with only one trail. Then I remember that it satisfies my quirky list-making OCD and I go on my merry way. Of course, Plainville is home to a wonderful section of the Metacomet Trail, so just because the town itself only oversees one … [Read more...]
Pinnacle Rock
Acme Missiles Along the Metacomet Trail, Plainville/Farmington October 6, 2007 My title is a stretch, sure... but “acme” is defined as “the highest point” and Wile E. Coyote was always sourcing his weaponry from Acme and this outcropping, above Plainville and Farmington, used to be a Nike Missile base. Ahem. … [Read more...]
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