Go Climb a Tree Tree House Farm Trails, Woodstock November 2024 No one is coming here to hike. Heck, no one is coming here to drink or purchase and then accidentally hiking. And that's fine, because the "hiking" here isn't so much hiking but just strolling down farm roads through the plantings at the Woodstock … [Read more...]
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Nipmuck Woods
Nipping up to Stafford to Tuck in the Woods Northern Connecticut Land Trust's Nipmuck Woods, Stafford November 2024 Here's a good example of the challenge of what I do with CTMQ. Although, in fairness, I do this to myself. I "completed" Stafford in 2017. It felt good. Granted, Stafford isn't exactly a bustling … [Read more...]
Rocky Hill: Complete!
Rocky Hill: Complete! Denovellis Here is the CTMQ Guide to Rocky Hill with my list and stories about everything I’ve done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns already. … [Read more...]
Quinnipiac Dawnland Museum
It Just Dawned on Me... Quinnipiac Dawnland Museum, Guilford (Google Maps location) September 2012 & October 2024 I revisited the Dawnland Collection in 2024 as it is now part of the Dudley Farm Museum complex. Update at bottom. I still consider it Connecticut museum visit #238. 2012 At the time of my … [Read more...]
Dividend Pond
A Trail Divided Dividend Pond Trails, Rocky Hill December 2023 The official name of this place is Dividend Pond State Archaeological Preserve. There's a pretty nice waterfall, several decent trails, and a mildly fascinating geologic wonder. Man, Rocky Hill with its geologic wonders... here, Dinosaur State Park, … [Read more...]
Border Woods
Bordering on Madness New Roxbury Land Trust's Border Woods, Woodstock November 2024 None of the New Roxbury Land Trust properties are officially trailed. The last time I experienced a New Roxbury Land Trust property, I wrote: Look, I hear you. When did I start writing about untrailed and admittedly … [Read more...]
Bob White Farm (Private)
Bob and Weave, Bob and Weave Northern Connecticut Land Trust's Bob White Farm, Stafford November 2024 I don't think you're supposed to hike here. It's tough, man. It's tough being a Connecticut completist and seeing a trailed and mapped property almost surrounded by trailed and mapped properties - and … [Read more...]
Rocky Hill Refuge
Eesh Wyndham Land Trust's, Rocky Hill Refuge, Woodstock November 2024 I went to the Rocky Hill Refuge on Rocky Hill Road in Rocky Hi - err, in Woodstock. (Coincidentally, I had just "completed" Rocky Hill a week or so prior.) You do not need to ever go to the Rocky Hill Refuge on Rocky Hill Road in Woodstock, … [Read more...]
Camps Sequassen & Workcoeman
"A Scout is Honest..." Camps Sequassen & Workcoeman, New Hartford & Barkhamsted October 2024 These are connected private scout camps that are not open to the public. I suppose anyone can hike the many miles of trails at these camps. And I suppose they are very nice hikes. The maps are nice and show a lookout … [Read more...]
Soulstice Kombucha Brewing Company
Deeper Shade of Sol Soulstice Kombucha Brewing Company, Wallingford October 2024 Oh no. Please don't tell me that kombucha is the next "craft beer" or "overpriced cupcake" thing in Connecticut. I made the ludicrous decision that since kombucha is a fermented drink, I would visit and write about the places that … [Read more...]
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