Date visited: 6/21/2020

I've been spoiled by the Hockanum River Trails in Manchester, as it seems there are planks over every potentially muddy spot. It's simply not like that on other trails, and certainly not here. This was very muddy, and there were little streams that you pretty much had to walk through to pass. I remember giving both dogs a bath when I got home after this one!

Date visited: 5/2/2021

There's a new trend to have land trust trails as part of a working farm. That's the situation here. This is a nice farm, with a hike up a wide trail that eventually leads to the top of Hawk Hill. From here, you have a good view of the surrounding landscape, including the Hartford skyline. Be aware, much of this trail is grass and is ripe with ticks. Both dogs got a bath when we got home...they were not pleased.

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Date visited: 5/6/2021

This is a nice park, with some monuments, a bridge, a small pond, a short loop trail, and lots of flowers. Some of it was under construction and closed the day we visited.

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Date visited: 4/20/2023

We had limited time here, but made the most of it. There's a yellow blazed trail that goes up a hill starting right at the parking lot. It passes through a nice meadow before entering the woods. After crossing the power line cut-out, it gets steeper before reaching a scenic observation area at the top of the hill, which is actually just over the border in Simsbury. The pictures from the overlook are on the Simsbury page. We were able to squeeze in 1.8 miles here on a beautiful spring evening.

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Date visited: 7/2/2020

This trail starts in West Hartford, and loops in and out of Bloomfield. The picture was taken below in the Bloomfield section. This was a very warm day and there wasn't a lot of shade. This probably wasn't the best day to this with the dogs.

Date visited: 5/10/2021

No real story with this one. My wife had a doctor's appointment nearby, so I took the dogs for a short walk around the Bloomfield Town Green.

Date visited: 5/12/2021

No real story with this one either. My wife had a doctor's appointment nearby, so I took the dogs for a short walk around high school. This painted rock was the most interesting thing we saw.

Dates visited: 5/17/2021 & 9/2/2021

Circumstances are such, that we've been to Bloomfield often lately. This time, we checked out the brand new Bloomfield Greenway. It's not completed yet, but once done the East Coast Greenway might be re-routed to this trail. It is supposed to connect to the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail eventually. We didn't have a lot of time, so we covered only 1.7 miles of it out and back, from the parking lot on Day Hill Road right on the Windsor border. We made it to the Duncaster Road intersection before turning around and heading back. We came back to finish the trail in early September, starting on the other end, and turning around at the Duncaster Road intersection. This was the day after the remnants of Hurricane Ida dropped buckets of rain in the region. Many of the area trails are flooded, and even this one was in places. As you can see in one of the pictures, some of the trail had washed away.

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