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 undeveloped square miles.
Two land trusts have property here, and there are a bunch of state parks no one has ever heard of. Not that anyone’s heard of anything in Killingly.
My Killingly Town Hikes:
1892 Conservation Area/Sherman Memorial Forest
Cat Hollow
Chase Reservoir
Hygeia Reservoir (potential future trail)
Mason Hill Conservation Area
Owen Bell Park
Quandoc Conservation Area
Various maps of Killingly
Killingly Conservation Commission
CTMQ’s Town Owned Land Trails
Padraic says
January 2, 2018 at 3:37 pmThere’s another town trail to be found here:
http://www.killinglyconservation.org/parks/parksChase.html
I’ve never hiked it, despite it being just a few minutes from my house (just over the border in Putnam), and passing it twice a day on my commute. I’ve always meant to check it out, but it looks short with minimal parking, and so I’ve never gotten to it.
Also note that Old Furnace and Ross Pond are different State Parks in name only, abutting each other. Old Furnace, if you haven’t been there, is pretty nice hiking despite it’s small size. There’s the CFPA blue trail, and also a fairly well maintained little network of other trails, and the cliffs offer solid views for minimal hiking effort.
Steve says
January 2, 2018 at 4:25 pmThanks! I’ve added Chase Reservoir… as for “abutting” parks and general confusion, I’m used to all of that. If, upon visiting, I determine my differentiation is stupid, I fix it at that point.
Padraic says
January 2, 2018 at 9:10 pmMy pleasure, hit me up if I can ever be of any help for anything NE corner related.
The weird smooshed together state parks are no different than Wolf Den/Mashmoquet, now that I think about it…old hat for you!