Pine Swamp Wildlife Corridor

| January 5, 2015

Pine Swamp Wildlife Corridor

3.25 miles; ledyard, ct you won’t for a minute feel like you’re in the wilderness while hiking this avalonia land conservancy property, but that doesn’t really take too much away from the experience. there’s an amazing mix of trail types here, from old woods roads to picturesque brookside trails to boulder-filled swamps (the name should have […]

Pequot Trail, Southern End

| October 24, 2014

Pequot Trail, Southern End

9 miles; ledyard, ct the connecticut forest and park association maintains 825 miles of trails in 96 towns in connecticut. i can now proudly say i’ve knocked off two of those trails for [drumroll please] about 25-3/4 miles! yay me. although, to be fair, i’ve also hiked some blue-blazed trails in other parts of the […]

Glacial Park

| May 22, 2013

Glacial Park

1.13 miles   2.4 mph very short but very cool hike with a friend through this amazing property. the trail literally went boulder-hopping at one point, and we’re not talking tiny bolders. it was lots of fun. lots and lots of swamp azalea in bloom on this trail. this is such a beautiful shrub, and […]