Tag Archives: Connecticut
Trout Brook Valley, Fairfield County, Connecticut
We drove to Connecticut to visit Trout Brook Valley conservation area, where I had visited four years previously. I refer readers to that earlier post to learn more about the park and trails. This visit was similar to the last … Continue reading
Devil’s Den Preserve, Fairfield County, Connecticut
This was my second trip to Devil’s Den, so for a better write-up of the park and its history, see my post for the first trip. We began the hike along the Pent Trail and Saugatuck Trail. I didn’t take … Continue reading
Macedonia Brook State Park, Litchfield County, CT
Macedonia Brook State Park is located in northwest Connecticut, so it was a significantly farther drive than the two parks I recently visited in the southwest part of the state. It is near Kent, and driving there involved driving over Bull’s Bridge, … Continue reading
Trout Brook Valley, Fairfield County, Connecticut
This conservation area includes Trout Brook Valley (730 acres), Jump Hill (117 acres), and Crow Hill (162 acres), with 20.7 miles of hiking trails, all administered by Aspetuck Land Trust. It was only a few miles from Devil’s Den, where … Continue reading
Devil's Den Preserve, Fairfield County, Connecticut
This park, donated by the Ordway family and formally called Lucius Pond Ordway Devil’s Den Preserve, received that name because a charcoal maker working in the area had seen what appeared to be a hoof mark made in a boulder, … Continue reading
Mt. Washington State Forest, Massachusetts
I left Queens around 7:00 a.m. and arrived at the forest at around 9:15 a.m. This was another hike in which I was following in the footsteps of Daniel Chazin, who had submitted the hike to the NY-NJ Trail Conference … Continue reading