CTMQ’s Guide to Avon

Everything Avon

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” Avon 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

1st Co. Horse Guard Barn Museum (Potential future museum)
1st Co. Horse Guard Cavalry Museum (Closed)
Avon History Museum
Derrin House
Farmington Valley Arts Center
Ordway Gallery and Hall of Fame at Avon Old Farms
Pine Grove Schoolhouse
Talcott Mountain Science Center

Hikes & Bikes

Explore Connecticut’s Avon Outdoor Guide

Talcott Mountain State Park – Intro & Trails
Horse Guard State Scenic Reserve
Nod Brook WMA

CFPA’s Metacomet Trail – Intro

Avon Land Trust Trails – Intro

Avon Town Trails – Intro

Multi-Use/ Rail Trails

Farmington Canal Heritage Trail – Intro

Food & Drink

CT Chocolate Trail: Chokaico Craft Chocolate
CT Ice Cream Trail: Dom’s Creamery
CT Ice Cream Trail: J. Foster Ice Cream
CT Beer Trail: Hopmeadow Brewing Company (Closed)

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

Everything Else

US Oldest: First Company Governor’s Horse Guards
World’s Largest: Solar System Model (Gone)
CT Freedom Trail: Pvt. Leverett Holden of the CT 29th at East Avon Cemetery
Chrissie D’Esopo’s Flower House
James H. MacDonald Monument
Countryside Park Covered Bridge
The Church of Saint Ann
Giant Goofy Rocking Chair
(Indoor!) ET Sign
The story of Climax Road

Avon: Complete!

I “completed” Avon in 2019 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 at The North House

Avon Old Farms School