auntie | September 15, 2016
7.5 miles; Voluntown and Sterling, CT I did the complete loop from top to bottom, starting on the Pachaug Trail, to the Pachaug/Quinebaug Connector Trail, to the Quinebaug Trail, to the Phillips Pond Trail, and back to the Pachaug. But I kind of cheated by using the Forest Road instead of following the Quinebaug all the […]
auntie | December 6, 2015
4 miles; voluntown, ct i really wanted to do the whole 8-mile hell hollow loop but i got out too late—timing is everything on these shorter december days! not to mention that i’ve been finding it hard to get motivated lately. but still, it was in the mid-40s and a beautiful clear day, so i took what i […]
auntie | October 6, 2015
6.3 miles; voluntown, ct i did the southern part of this back in april and today i tacked on a little over 2 miles by looping north of hodge pond road before i went back through the southern loop. i really love this part of the pachaug—i was struck by how beautiful it is. and […]
auntie | May 21, 2014
4.57 miles; griswold, ct if you’re at all like me, you simply cannot continually pass a trail head without needing to see what’s there. i can’t count the number of times i passed this sign. it’s at the intersection of routes 138 and 201 in voluntown. i finally decided to satisfy my curiosity on tuesday […]
auntie | September 17, 2012
4.29 miles ★★★★½ four days since my last hike, and i was craving it badly. this was a very nice walk, and i went slowly because i wanted it to last. perfect weather, less than perfect trail, but i found my first hen-of-the-woods mushroom, so WIN! i hiked this as part of a larger loop […]
auntie | June 15, 2012
★★★★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 […]
