Everything Bloomfield
I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Bloomfield CTMQ-style… as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ.
If I’ve missed anything in town or if anything has closed or changed, please let me know.
Museums
4-H Education Center at Auer Farm
Auer Farm Mushroom Barn Museum (Potential future museum)
Captain Oliver Filley House (Potential future museum)
Fannie R. Gabriel History Center
The Farm Implement Museum (Closed)
Old Farm School Museum
New England Muscle Bicycle Museum (Closed)
SW District School (Potential future museum)
Hikes & Bikes
Explore Connecticut’s Bloomfield’s Hiking Guide
Auerfarm State Park Scenic Reserve
Penwood State Park – Intro
Talcott Mountain State Park – Intro
CFPA’s East-West Trail – Intro
- Section 1: Penwood State Park to TBD (Potential future trail)
CFPA’s Metacomet Trail – Intro
- Section 10: Route 44 to Penwood State Park
Section 11: Penwood State Park to the Farmington River
Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy – Intro
- LaSallette Trail
Beacon Hill Preserve (Potential future trails)
Evans Family Meadows
Hawk Hill Farm Preserve
Speer Preserve
Stout Family Fields
Van Otterloo Preserve
Bloomfield’s Town Trails – Intro
- Auer Farm Trails
Farmington River Park
Filley Park
LaSalette Open Space
MDC Reservoir 6
M.K. Wilcox Park
Seabury Wildwood Trails
Samuel Wheeler Reed Park
Multi-Use/Rail Trails
Food & Drink
David Glass Cheesecake (Closed)
CT Beer Trail: Back East Brewing Company
CT Beer Trail: Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
CT Spirits Trail: Waypoint Spirits
Looking for your favorite restaurant? Here is an explanation as to why it’s not here.
Everything Else
US Oldest: Orthodox Jewish Day School
World’s Only: Auer Farm Mushroom Barn
ASME Landmark: Jacob Engine Brake Retarder
CT Underground RR Trail: Francis Gillette House
Griffin Cascades
Van Otterloo Cascade
Dumb Roads of Bloomfield
Auer Severed Arm
Balbrae
Spite Barn (Gone)
Fidelco Guide Dogs
Saba Halal Live Poultry
Pepperidge Farm Bakery Outlet Store
The Wilde Building (Cigna)
Wintonbury Flying Club Fly-In
Bloomfield: Complete!
I “completed” Bloomfield in 2020 but new and/or previously unknown-to-me CTMQ-worthy places and things open all the time, so a town is never really “complete.” I will, of course, continue to visit and write about these new places and things.
Wrap-Up and Completion Celebration Meal with Pandemic Take-Out!
