CTMQ’s Guide to Litchfield

Everything Litchfield

I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Litchfield CTMQ-style… as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ.

If I’ve missed anything in town or if anything has closed or changed, please let me know.

Museums

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Cowboy Al’s Wild West Museum
Litchfield History Museum
Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
Marie Louise Trichet Gallery
Space Age Museum (Private)
Tapping Reeve House and Law School
Topsmead
White Memorial Conservation Center and Nature Museum

Hikes & Bikes

Explore Connecticut’s Litchfield Outdoors Guide

Humaston Brook State Park
Mount Tom State Park
Mattatuck State Forest Intro & Hikes
Topsmead State Forest

CFPA’s Mattatuck Trail – Intro

Section 4: Slab Meadow Hill Road to White Memorial Conservation Center

Litchfield Land Trust Trails – Intro

Graham Thompson Preserve
Prospect Mountain Preserve
Shepaug Crossing Preserve
Stillman-Danaher Preserve
Upper Bantam River Preserve

Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy Trails – Intro

Hauser Nature Preserve

Audubon Trails – Intro

Boyd Woods Wildlife Sanctuary
Wigwam Brook Wildlife Sanctuary

Litchfield’s Town Trails – Intro

White Memorial Conservation Center

Multi-Use/ Rail Trails

Litchfield Community Greenway

Food & Drink

US Best: West Street Grill
Roadfood List: Dirt Bombs at Bantam Bread Company
CT Ice Cream Trail: Peaches & Cream
CT Ice Cream Trail: Arethusa Dairy Store
CT Cheese Trail: Arethusa Farm Cheese
CT Wine Trail: Haight-Brown Vineyard (Closed)
CT Spirits Trail: Litchfield Distillery
Bunnell Turkey Farm
The Dutch Epicure Shop

Everything Else

National Historic Landmark: Litchfield Historic District
National Historic Landmark: Oliver Wolcott House
National Historic Landmark: Tapping Reeve House and Law School
US Oldest: Bantam Lake Ski Club
US First: Sarah Pierce’s Litchfield Female Academy
CT Freedom Trail: Solomon Rowe House
CT Amistad Trail: Tapping Reeve Law School
Bantam Lake
Arethusa Farm
Laurel Ridge Narcissi Plantings
Humaston Brook Falls
Knife Shop Falls
Ethan Allen Birthplace
Harriet Beecher Stowe Birthplace
Old Litchfield Jail
Mt. Tom Observation Tower
Cool CT Library Trail: Oliver Wolcott Library
MCM Tour: Stillman Houses I & II, Huvelle House, and Gagarin I
Litchfield Post Office
Bantam Cinema & Arts Center
Lourdes in Litchfield
Labyrinth at Wisdom House
First Congregational Church
Gallows Lane

Litchfield Wrap-Up

Completion Celebration TBD