Devil’s Hopyard SF

| December 14, 2016

Devil’s Hopyard SF

3.68 miles; East Haddam, CT One of my PCHC friends decided to play hooky to go visit a real waterfall, so we headed over to Chapman Falls in Devil’s Hopyard SP. It did not disappoint! He was also impressed with the view from the end of the Vista Trail, and really, who wouldn’t be? Good hike. […]

Richard H. Goodwin Trail, Part 1

| December 11, 2016

Richard H. Goodwin Trail, Part 1

6.9 miles; East Haddam, Salem, Lyme, and East Lyme, CT The Richard H. Goodwin Trail, not to be confused with the James L. Goodwin Conservation Area, is a newly-opened 14-mile multi-town trail in eastern Connecticut. It pretty amazingly spends very little time on roads—it seems to just go from conservation area to wildlife management area […]

Lantern Hill

| December 1, 2016

Lantern Hill

1.15 miles; North Stonington, CT I had no time for a hike today, but the weather, for December 1st, was so good—brilliant sunshine and almost 60-degrees—that I couldn’t not hike, so I made a quick trip up Lantern Hill. Naturally, by the time I got up to the top the sun had gone behind clouds, but […]

Barrett Preserve

| November 23, 2016

Barrett Preserve

1.42 miles, Ledyard, CT I decided to do two shorter walks today on properties that were on my “Hikes I’d Like to Do” list. The first was on this Avalonia Land Trust preserve. Avalonia, I love you. I love your properties, and I love what you do. But really? Creating “rabbit-tat” on this little tiny preserve entirely […]

Mamacoke Island

| November 23, 2016

Mamacoke Island

1.89 miles; New London, CT Today’s two hikes could not have been more different. One was a chore, the other a revelation. This is the kind of hike you can take your non-hiking friends on and they will love it. Also there are more trails here that need exploring, so I will be back. Mamacoke Island […]

Nipmuck Trail and the 50-Foot Cliff

| November 22, 2016

Nipmuck Trail and the 50-Foot Cliff

5 miles; Mansfield, CT I did a fair bit of driving today to get to some trails I’d never been on before, but actually ended up retracing a portion of a hike I did a little over 2 years ago. There was an amazing view from atop the “50-Foot Cliff.” Now I have to figure […]