CTMQ’s Guide to Ashford

Everything Ashford

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” Ashford 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.

As of December 2025, I have visited and done everything I know of in Ashford, and have updated and edited every page below!

Museums

Ashford Academy
Horizon Wings Raptor Rehab
Lance Arnold Studio and Fairy House Trail
Nathan Hale Heritage Center at June Norcross Webster Camp
Tremko-Stebbins House Museum (Possible future museum)

Hikes

Explore Connecticut’s Ashford Outdoors Guide

Natchaug State Forest – Intro & All Things Within
CFPA’s Natchaug Trail – Intro

CFPA’s Nipmuck Trail – Intro

Joshua’s Trust Trails – Intro

Ashford’s Town Trails – Intro

Food & Drink

CT Spirits Trail: Westford Hill Distillers
CT Ice Cream Trail: The Concrete Factory (Closed)

Looking for your favorite restaurant? Here is an explanation as to why it’s not here.

Everything Else

US Oldest: Russian publication
Windham County highpoint: Snow Hill, 1,210 feet
The Ashford Oak
Pixie Falls
Ladies Room Rock
Bakerwoods Farm (Closed)
Lucas Douglass’s Monument
Transfer Station Library

Ashford: Complete!

I “completed” Ashford in 2017 and again in 2025, 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.

Ashford Wrap-Up and Completion Celebration Meal at Midway Restaurant & Pizza