Airline Trail, Lebanon

| July 26, 2015

Airline Trail, Lebanon

5.81 miles; lebanon, ct the airline trail state park in connecticut is an old railroad bed that runs from east hampton to thompson, connecticut, in two sections. the southern section is 22 miles long and goes through east hampton, colchester, hebron, and lebanon, and it was this part i visited after my very short walk […]

Grayville Falls Town Park

| July 26, 2015

Grayville Falls Town Park

.6 mile; lebanon, ct so i have some friends and family who are going to be camping in lebanon in a week or so, and i decided to scout out some good hiking locations in the area for when i visit them. i found this town park online, and thought it might be a candidate, […]

Hell Hollow North and Pharisee Rock Trail

| July 15, 2015

Hell Hollow North and Pharisee Rock Trail

5.63 miles; voluntown and sterling, ct wow, soooo humid today. i kept having to stop and wipe off my fogged glasses. buggy, too. i had originally planned to do the full 8-mile hell hollow loop, but by the time i’d done the northern part, i realized i didn’t have time to do all of hell […]

Three Avalonia Preserves

| July 9, 2015

Three Avalonia Preserves

7.5 miles; north stonington, ct i am lucky in that i have four avalonia land conservancy properties and a nature conservancy property that i can walk to from my house. today i decided to visit erisman woods, babcock ridge, and the henne preserve all in a row. erisman and babcock share a border and a trail, and […]

Lyme Preserves

| July 7, 2015

Lyme Preserves

6.5 miles; lyme, ct well i finally got back here, and boy howdie, am i glad i did. i was last here in october of last year, and i didn’t get to see much. yesterday i had the time to visit as long as i wanted. lyme preserves is exactly that—a series of small land trust […]

Paffard Woods

| June 24, 2015

1.5 miles; stonington, ct this was a short but fun walk with a friend on this avalonia property. lots to look at including a gorgeous little brook, interesting rock formations, and wildflowers. i had hoped to visit this property last february on snowshoes, but the parking lot looked pretty dicey to me, and i didn’t […]