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9781934028100

AMC's Best Day Hikes in Connecticut : Four-Season Guide to 50 of the Best Trails from the Highlands to the Coastal Lowlands

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  • ISBN13:

    9781934028100

  • ISBN10:

    193402810X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2007-10-01
  • Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club Books
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $16.95

Summary

This new guide from the experts at the Appalachian Mountain Club leads beginner and experienced hikers alike along 50 of Connecticut's most spectacular trails, from short family nature walks to long day hikes that reward with magnificent views. Inside, readers will find 50 detailed trail descriptions with maps, Nature Notes on the region's flora and fauna, and more. Readers will also learn the best trails for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing, and find other opportunities for outdoor adventure.AMC's Best Day Hikes in Connecticutis an essential four-season reference for visitors and locals, new and experienced hikers, and everyone in between who wants to explore the state's hidden pockets of wilderness.

Author Biography

René Laubach is the director of the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Wildlife Sanctuaries. Charles W.G. Smith is an environmental horticulturalist and award-winning author.

Table of Contents

At A Glance Trip Plannerp. x
Prefacep. xvii
How to Use This Bookp. xix
Trip Planning and Safetyp. xxi
Western Connecticut
Mount Frissellp. 2
Bear Mountainp. 7
Lion's Headp. 12
Sharon Audubon Centerp. 17
Pine Knob Loop Trailp. 24
Cathedral Pines and Mohawk Mountainp. 28
Wolcott Trail and Burr Pondp. 34
River Roadp. 41
Mallard Marsh and Little Pondp. 46
Macedonia Ridge Trailp. 52
Mount Algo and Indian Rockp. 60
Candlewood Mountainp. 65
Mount Tom State Parkp. 73
Sunny Valley Preservep. 78
Kettletown State Parkp. 86
Devil's Den Preservep. 91
The Weir Preservep. 99
Greenwich Audubon Centerp. 105
Central Connecticut
McLean Game Refugep. 113
People's State Forestp. 119
Indian Council Cavesp. 125
Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Areap. 130
Mile of Ledges and Tory Denp. 137
Talcott Mountainp. 145
Castle Craig, Cat-Hole Pass, and East Peakp. 149
Chauncey Peakp. 155
Mattabesett Trail and Mount Higbyp. 159
Wadsworth Fallsp. 163
Sleeping Giantp. 167
Hezekiah's Knob and the Chestnut Grovep. 171
Bear Rockp. 176
Mattabesett Trail and Coginchaug Cavep. 180
Bluff Head Ridgep. 185
Westwoods Reserve Trails-White Circle and White Squarep. 189
Lost Lakep. 194
Eastern Connecticut
Breakneck Pond-Bigelow Hollow State Park and Nipmuck State Forestp. 200
Connecticut Audubon Center at Trail Woodp. 208
Rock Spring Preservep. 216
Rhododendron Sanctuaryp. 223
Mount Miseryp. 228
Laurel Loopp. 232
Day Pond State Park/Salmon River State Forest Loopp. 238
Burnham Brook Preservep. 244
Devil's Hopyard State Parkp. 252
Chatfield Trail/Cockaponset State Forestp. 259
Hammonasset Beach State Parkp. 267
McKinney National Wildlife Refuge (Saltmeadow Unit)p. 274
Bluff Point Coastal Reservep. 278
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Centerp. 286
Barn Island Wildlife Management Areap. 293
Nature Essays
Climbing the Taconic Klippep. 5
Hummingbirdsp. 15
How Sweet It Is!p. 22
July 1989p. 30
The Ice Sheet Comethp. 38
Common Mergansersp. 44
Hats to Habitatp. 50
Partridge in a Shad Treep. 70
Mob Mentalityp. 84
Woodland to Charcoalp. 97
From Eden to Your Gardenp. 102
Tulips in the Skyp. 110
Fire and Icep. 117
Manitou Stonesp. 123
Tunxis Talesp. 143
Copperheadsp. 152
Saving American Chestnutsp. 174
Mountain Laurelp. 183
Trailsp. 197
Bog Carnivoresp. 205
A Man for All Seasonsp. 213
Fall Fineryp. 222
Rosebaysp. 226
Spring Peepersp. 234
Fences in the Forestp. 250
Hemlock under Assaultp. 256
The Egg and Usp. 264
Aerial Highwaysp. 272
Sea of Grassp. 282
Stranger than a Fairy Talep. 290
The Jaws of Deathp. 298
Indexp. 301
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