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CFPA Hikes

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CFPA Trails & The Blue Trails Challenge

Highlawn Forest

Herbert’s Way is the Only Way CFPA’s Highlawn Forest, Middlefield & Middletown April 2009 & November 2023 No one would

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Wabbaquasset Trail

Putting Stock in These Woods CFPA’s Wabbaquasset Trail, Woodstock November 2024 As I write this, I think this is still

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Valley Falls Park

A Walk Through the Valley of the Falls Multiple Trails, Vernon April 2010 & December 2023 Valley Falls Park is

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Coginchaug Cave

Chaugging Along Coginchaug Cave, Durham November 2023 I’d been to this fake cave before, way back in 2008 when it

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Field Forest Trails

Field & Stream 2-3 Miles, Durham September 2023 Y’all know I love Connecticut Forest and Parks Association. I love what

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Mattatuck Trail: Section 1

Cruising in a Plymouth 7.4 Miles, Wolcott & Plymouth December 2022 When I begin a new longer-distance trail, I often

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Finch Brook Preserve

Mario HiKarting Finch Brook Preserve, Wolcott November 2022 This trail is bonkers. Really and truly bonkers. It is a designed

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Nipmuck Trail: Section 4

Section 4: The State of the Union Barlow Mill Road to MA State Line, ~7.5 Miles November 2020 & June

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Mattatuck Trail Intro

Mattatuck Trail Wolcott to Cornwall, ~42 miles December 2022 – The CFPA’s Mattatuck Trail is a bit of a mess.

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