Goochy Bethany Land Trust's Ida Carrington Lowell Land, Bethany May 2024 There's just something about trails that start across people's lawns. On the one hand, a huge thank you is owed to the folks who allow this. On the other, it's often a very awkward thing to walk so closely to someone's house and yard. … [Read more...]
Three Sisters Preserve
Three Sisters... Three Disappointments Bethany Land Trust's Three Sisters Preserve, Bethany & Naugatuck May 2024 Hiking newly acquired, newly trailed properties is great. You get to be one of the first people to see and experience something new. Hiking newly acquired, newly trailed properties is terrible. You … [Read more...]
Edna L. Delano Nature Sanctuary & Rodell’s Roost for Robins
The Name of This Place is Longer Than The Trails Here Edna L. Delano Nature Sanctuary & Rodell’s Roost for Robins, Bethany May 2024 I had an hour to kill. About as long as it took me to type the title above. I kid, I kid. I had a couple shorter Bethany Land Trust hikes on my mind, so off I went to do just … [Read more...]
Hein Trails
Heiny Ho! Bethany Land Trust, Bethany January 2021 Bethany's trailed properties seem to always be in flux. The land trust keep acquiring property, tornados keep tearing up the woods, and new trails keep getting blazed. Not many of you think too much or too often about Bethany, but it's nice to see so much activity … [Read more...]
Welch Parcels
Welp... That's Welch Bethany Land Trust, Bethany January 2021 An important piece of information you should know when setting out to hike little parcels and preserves in The New Haven County Black Hole (Bethany, Prospect, northern Woodbridge, and eastern Beacon Falls) is that there is often nowhere "official" or … [Read more...]
Bethany Land Trust
Bethany Land Trust Trails Bethany & Beacon Falls Connecticut has three towns with fairly common female names. The interesting thing about this is that each town bearing a feminine name sort of matches the type of woman I think about when I picture a woman with that name. Madison: Wealthy, white, yuppie, long … [Read more...]