Arcadia, Shelter & Breakheart Trails

| September 27, 2012

Arcadia, Shelter & Breakheart Trails

6.82 miles   ★★★★★ beautiful hike. just gorgeous. crosses many streams over pretty bridges, different kinds of forests, from pines to oaks. nothing too strenuous. it was just what i needed today. a nice, long day in the woods. to get to this sign, you have already walked about a mile into arcadia. this is right […]

Arcadia & Browning Mill Pond Trails

| August 20, 2012

Arcadia & Browning Mill Pond Trails

5.51 miles   ★★★★½ back to arcadia. this time i took the alternate loop from the last time i was here in the southern part of arcadia. if you overlook a bit of road walking, this was a great loop. the first part of this trail goes right under route 95. it kind of tickles me […]

Arcadia/Mt. Tom Trail

| June 27, 2012

Arcadia/Mt. Tom Trail

★★★★½  6.93 miles wow. so i broke 300 miles since 1 january today. not bad. this was a pretty strenuous hike, because, as i discovered, slacking off for a couple weeks really hurts, and it was pretty climby. last did this on march 11th. went with the “usual suspects” and we did it as an […]

Pachaug—Hodge Pond Loop

| June 15, 2012

Pachaug—Hodge Pond Loop

★★★★½  6.78 miles wow, first time out in june… where does the time go? this was unexpectedly nice. there were some very pretty parts, and some cool old cellar holes and a waterfall, among other things. but there were some stretches that were in typical multi-use trail shape, i.e., rocky, eroded, muddy, and lumpy. mostly […]

Pachaug—Mt. Misery Loop

| May 31, 2012

Pachaug—Mt. Misery Loop

★★★★  6.77 miles i have just three words to say about this hike: hikes with bathrooms! this is a major plus in my book, and got this walk an extra star. this was a pretty strenuous one, with some rugged elevation changes. lot of (dirt) road walking, too. but it went through some pretty spots, and […]

Phantom Bog/Shumunkanuc Hill

| May 24, 2012

Phantom Bog/Shumunkanuc Hill

★★★★½  5.7 miles nicely varied hike through another part of the burlingame wildlife management area. lots of open woods roads and lanes, a little bit climby, a little bit boggy. nice spot. i saw a live deer and a dead one, and a gorgeous swath of hay-scented fern that smelled amazing where the sun warmed […]