Date visited: 11/20/2020

This is a nice area in Suffield. This is a cool series of trails, with a couple loops in the woods near Lewis Farm. The first picture below is one my favorites.

Dates visited: 9/4/2020 & 9/7/2020

It took two days to do this whole trail. It's a paved bike trail that runs along the west side of the Connecticut River from Windsor Locks to Suffield. The cool parts of the trail are in Suffield. We took some access paths down to the river, prompting Mandy to walk into the river to cool off.

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Date visited: 10/6/2021

Don't let the cute pictures of the pups fool you...this place isn't that nice. The trails were overgrown and muddy and I spent most of my evening picking small prickers out of the dogs fur. There are actually two sections of the park, with an entrance off Remington Road and another off South Street (But just to make it confusing, the address that Google shows is Mountain Road). The two sections aren't connected currently. There's a decrepit railroad bridge that connects them, but you're risking your life if you decide to cross there. You can sort of see it in the picture below, that the tracks fall apart on the other end. Actually, the place would actually be pretty nice if it was maintained better. There are some mowed grassy areas that are nice, but the rest of the place leaves much to be desired. Besiide the address and location being confusing, the actual spelling of the park name is confusing as well. The main sign said "Stony Brooke Park", but another sign at the park had it "Stoney Brook Park". Who spells "brook" with an "E" anyway?

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Date visited: 12/27/2020 & 1/16/2021

Suffield actually has two of those multi-use, multi-town trails running through it, as the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail clips West Suffield on it's way into Massachusetts. We passed through here twice actually, as we parked at the northern end of the trail on the day we mainly walked the Southwick Rail Trail.

Date visited: 9/29/2022

I had meetings that ran long at work, so we didn't get started on this trail until about 45 minutes before sunset. The park closes at sunset, but since the trails are only a little over a mile long, we had enough time for a quick hike. This "forest" is named for Jesse Fowler Smith. According to the plaque on the rock, Mr. Smith a "minister, teacher and a naturalist. The spreading of God's word is his cause. The teaching of learned subjects his purpose. The conservation of natural resources his hobby and work." This is a nice section of woods, with some old structures and some fireplaces and picnic tables. It isn't that exciting, but it was still a decent evening walk.

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Date visited: 11/23/2022

I looked into this park back in 2020 when we started these adventures, but read it was strictly for Suffield residents only. Some time in 2021, they started to charge non Suffield residents a $35 admission fee to use the park between Memorial Day and Labor Day. We visited in November so we didn't have to worry about the fee. It's a nice park. They have a beach area on Whites Pond for swimming, and they even have a separate swim area just for dogs! While that's neat and all, I wouldn't pay $35 for that during the summer, but maybe if there is a hot day in early May I could see us coming back here so the dogs could cool off. We hiked a very nice mile long loop around Whites Pond. The east side of the pond is an easy wide trail, but the other side features rougher terrain. It is well maintained with bridges over wet areas. There's a connecting trail that leads up the mountain to the Metacomet trail if you are so inclined. We did not climb the mountain. This looks like a great summer time park for the residents of Suffield.

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Date visited: 10/16/2023

It's getting harder to find places close enough to go to after work that we haven't been to before. It gets dark so early this time of year. I found this park just by looking at Google Maps. It's a town park behind Spaulding Elementary School. It's only open to the public outside of school hours. There are athletic fields, a picnic area, and a stone dust walking trail. The walking trail connects to Suffield High School, where there is another path behind a baseball field that leads through the woods and back to the park. We were able to make a 1.7 mile loop using the different trails, on this soggy and damp mid-October evening.

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