Sheep Farm

| July 10, 2014

Sheep Farm

2.34 miles, groton, ct this groton open space association (gosa) property is a gem. beautiful trails wind past historic mill sites and by waterfalls and through fields. wish it was bigger. for a complete description of the site, i’ll just send you to the gosa website, and this article by a friend. the trails wind up […]

Beebe Pond Park

| July 8, 2014

Beebe Pond Park

2 miles, groton, ct i initially meant to make this an exploration of both beebe pond park and the avalonia conservancy’s moore woodlands property, but between getting lost and the heat, i decided to call it a hike after just beebe pond. the loop trail around beebe pond is a nice hike around a small […]

Bluff Point

| July 23, 2012

Bluff Point

2.59 miles   ★★★ okay hike that was the exact opposite of yesterday’s… 100% walkey. but i needed to get out for a bit, so it did the trick. there was a pleasantly cool breeze by the water.        

Bluff Point/Haley Farm

| March 12, 2012

Bluff Point/Haley Farm

★★★★   4.58 miles i wanted to see what the route was like to get between these 2 parks. it was pretty cool; i walked along the amtrak line for a while till i got to the bridge over the tracks. haley farm is fairly small, so i did a big loop and used the bathroom […]

Haley Farm State Park

| January 10, 2012

Haley Farm State Park

★★★★★ did a short, under 2 mile, loop. need to do more next time! did, however, get to canopy rock (below). saw the acela whiz by, too.

Bluff Point State Park

| January 2, 2012

Bluff Point State Park

★★ i forgot today was a holiday for most people. parking lot must have had 50 cars in it. swans didn’t care.