CTMQ’s Guide to Madison

Everything Madison

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” Madison 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

Allis-Bushnell House
Bauer Park Farm Museum
Deacon John Grave House
Lee Academy
Mary C. Daly RSM Art Gallery at Mercy by the Sea
Meigs Point Nature Center
The Sculpture Mile

Hikes

Hammonasset Beach State Park
Hammonasset Natural Area Preserve
Cockaponset State ForestIntro

CFPA’s Lone Pine Trail
CFPA’s Mattabessett TrailIntro

Madison Land Conservation TrustIntro

    Bailey North Trail
    Bailey South Trail
    Blinnshed Loop Trail
    Blinnshed Ridge Trail
    Camp Hadley Trail
    Double Loop Trail
    Dowd Hollow Preserve (Potential future trail)
    Indian Rock Shelters
    Indigo Woods Trail
    Ironwoods Preserve
    Jefferson Park Trail
    Lost Pond Trail
    Mica Ledges Preserve (in partnership with Middlesex Land Trust)
    Neck River Trail
    Neck River Uplands North & South
    Oil Mill Brook Trail
    Overbrook Trail
    Ox Pasture Trail
    Paper Mill Trail
    Rettich Preserve
    Shepherds Trail
    St. Francis Woods Trail
    Summer Hill Trail

South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority TrailsIntro

Madison’s Town TrailsIntro

    Rockland Preserve
    Salt Meadow Park

Food & Drink

Roadfood List: Fried Clams at Lennie & Joe’s Fish Tale
CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail: Ashley’s

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

Everything Else

Hammonasset Beach
Indian Rock Shelter Trail Falls
Ninevah Falls
Selectman’s Stones
Samson Rock
Shark Rock
Joshua’s Rock
Surf Club Park pink sand
The Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Archives
CT Carousel Trail: Magical Fish Tale Carousel
Madison Art Cinemas
R.J. Julia Booksellers
Mercy by the Sea and its Labyrinth

Madison Wrap-Up

Completion Celebration at Clam Castle

Hammonasset Beach State Park