Section 1 Hoyt Road to Route 341, 11.5 miles November 2011 and May 2012 Quick - what town do northbound AT hikers enter when they first encounter Connecticut? I'll give you a second. What's your answer? Most likely, you're wrong. The AT enters the Nutmeg State in Sherman. Sherman! I must admit that … [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
Appalachian Trail Intro
Appalachian Trail Connecticut Section, 56.6 Miles Sherman, Kent, Sharon, Canaan, Salisbury November 11, 2011 - Take me straight to Section one!: Hoyt Road to Route 341 I'm going to write this section a little bit differently than any of the other hikes on CTMQ. After all, this is the AT and the AT … [Read more...]
Nod Brook WMA
Zzzzzzz Nod Brook WMA, Avon & Simsbury May 2, 2012 I originally wrote this in 2012 when Nod Brook was listed on the Simsbury Land Trust list of places to hike. Now it's 2019 I revisited to see if I'd missed anything. The roads into here are terrible, and... you don't care. Just read about this place I guess. … [Read more...]
Camp Columbia State Park
Camp Columbia State Park Morris June 18, 2011 This is a funny one. It’s one of Connecticut’s many “undeveloped” state parks – but has a really cool thing in it that makes it one of the “undeveloped” parks well worth visiting. In fact, for the first time in my life, I wasn’t alone in an undeveloped state park! … [Read more...]
Camp Columbia Tower
Watch Your Step Camp Columbia State Park Tower June 18, 2011 (Officially Closed) Stone Tower [Update: The tower was open in 2014, though I doubt the state has officially made this "climbable."] As this tower sits atop a small hill in what is now a state park, and as the writer of this website I must make … [Read more...]
SLT: Rosedale Farm
Rosedale Farms Trail Simsbury Land Trust February 9, 2012 As this was my first official hike of the Simsbury Land Trust list of hikes, I figured I'd jump in slowly. And easily. And flat. And close by. Hello Rosedale Farms! Rosedale Farms might be more familiar to you as a stop on the Connecticut Wine … [Read more...]
Simsbury Land Trust Trails
Simsbury Land Trust Trails I can point directly to the Simsbury Land Trust as the sole reason I decided one day to expand my hiking horizons past the CFPA trails. Heck, I can point to the exact date, time and place it happened. October 12, 2008, late morning on the Cathles Trail in northwest Simsbury. I can’t … [Read more...]
George Waldo State Park
Where’s Waldo State Park It’s in Southbury, CT January 14, 2012 Another one of Connecticut’s “undeveloped” state parks, I stopped by here after a longer hike down along the Pomperaug Trail and some time watching bald eagles at Shepaug Dam. The park is easy to find, but alas, there’s not much to do. … [Read more...]
Orenaug Park & Fire Tower
A Town Named Woodbury Needs a Good Fire Tower Orenaug Park Fire Tower January 7, 2012 Steel Tower (80 feet) on a 540 foot hilltop It's not often one can take their little kid on a hike in early January in Connecticut. Well, I suppose I should say back when I was a kid, this would never happen. But since we get … [Read more...]
Orenaug Park Stone Pillars
A Pillar of the Pillar World Orenaug Park, Woodbury January 7, 2012 To me, my title says it all. Oh sure, we have bigger stone pillars and more important pillars of our communities and rather handsome caterpillars in our state. But these pillars shall never be pilloried! For these are awesome pillars. I … [Read more...]
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