Everything Voluntown 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” Voluntown CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of … [Read more...]
Voluntown’s Town Trails Intro
Voluntown's Town Trails A huge percentage of Voluntown is covered by Pachaug State Forest - Connecticut's largest state forest. The CFPA oversees FOUR trails that course through the rural eastern town. These two entities consume pretty much all the available trail land in the town. But not all of it. … [Read more...]
TSTL’15.14: Mount Misery
The Sky's the Limit 2015 Hiking Challenge #14 Mount Misery Overlook, Pachaug State Forest Voluntown, August 12, 2015 This is it! Our very last Sky’s the Limit Challenge point in 2015! Another day out in the woods with my eldest son right down the road in... Voluntown? Okay, Voluntown is decidedly not “right down … [Read more...]
Quinebaug Trail
Make That "QuineBOG" Trail Griswold, Plainfield & Voluntown 8.1 miles December 14, 2008 2019 Update: These eastern Connecticut trails are a mess. I say that with love, but writing about them in a way that is readable is difficult. I have completed the short newer stretch out to route 14A, but I still have a … [Read more...]
Hell Hollow Road & Pond
Everything's Gone to Hell Griswold, Voluntown & Sterling This is one of Satan's favorite haunts here in Connecticut. Surely because of the road's unique name and rather dicey twists and turns, the ding-dongs who believe in such things pretend that spirits haunt this road. Anyone who knows me knows what I think of … [Read more...]
Pachaug Trail: Section 2
Section 2: Hell (Hollow) and Back Southern Quinebaug Trail Crossover to Porter Pond, 4.8 miles, Voluntown, Plainfield, Sterling December 14, 2008 The best part about hiking solo is the ability to "hike your own hike." That's sort of a mantra along the Appalachian Trail for thru-hikers and in today's world, it … [Read more...]
Pachaug Trail Intro
Pachaug Trail 25.1 Miles, Voluntown, Sterling, Griswold, & Rhode Island December 2008 - The Pachaug is a mostly flat 25.1 mile horseshoe-shaped trail in the eastern lowlands of Connecticut. It traverses the Pachaug State Forest through Griswold and Voluntown and ventures into Rhode Island for a couple miles as … [Read more...]