Norfolk Land Trust Intro

Norfolk Land Trust Trails
Norfolk

I love Norfolk. Love it silly. Of all the northwestern towns that I love, Norfolk is the only one other than Salisbury with a sort of “downtown” worth remarking upon. The iconic Infinity Theater, an incredibly beautiful library, and some Yale properties everyone should see at least once. There aren’t too many dining destinations, which limits it a bit – especially when compared to Salisbury to the west.

Campbell Falls (MA) from Norfolk

But this page is about its woods. And Norfolk has some deep, dark, remote woods. It also has many miles of dirt roads, three great state parks, and the Beckley Bog, one of our state’s National Natural Landmarks. Talk about foreboding and remote! – and beautiful.

Norfolk is the “Icebox of Connecticut,” due to it having the lowest average annual temperature in the state.

And lastly, locals pronounce it “Norf*ck,” which I’ve always enjoyed.

The local land trust’s trail guide includes the three state parks, so to be consistent with their efforts, I’ll include them here as well, even though they are clearly not land trust properties.