Getting out in nature is a good way to freshen one’s spirit, clear one’s head and share moments of wonderment with others that are important to you. Take a camera, walk gently and look around. You often will find something of amazement.
Western Connecticut
Mount Frissell- Salisbury
Bear Mountain- Salisbury
Lion’s Head-Salisbury
Sharon Audubon Center- Sharon
Pine Knob Loop Trail- Housatonic Meadows State Park, Sharon
Cathedral Pines and Mohawk Mountain- Cornwall
Wolcott Trail and Burr Pond- Burr Pond State Park, Torrington
River Road- Appalachian Trail, Kent
Mallard Marsh and Little Pond- White Memorial Conservation Center, Litchfield
Lucius Pond Ordway- Devil’s Den Preserve, Weston
Greenwich Audubon Center- Greenwich
Central Connecticut
People’s State Forest- Barkhamstead
Indian Council Caves- Tunxis State Forest, Barkhamsted
Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area- Burlington
Mile of Ledges and Tory Den- Burlington
Talcott Mountain- Avon and Simsbury
Castle Craig, Cat-Hole Pass and East Peak- Meriden
Chauncey Peak- Ciuffrida Park, Meriden
Mattabesett Trail and Mount Higby- Middlefield and Middletown
Wadworth Falls- Wadsworth Falls State Park, Middletown and Middlefield
Sleeping Giant- Sleeping Giant State Park, hamden
Hezekiah’s Knob and the Chestnut Grove- Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden
Mattabesett Trail and Coginchaug Cave- Durham
Bluff Head Ridge- New Guilford
Lost Lake- Westwoods reserve, Guilford
Eastern Connecticut
Breakneck Pond- Bigelow Hollow State Park and Nipmuck State Forest, Union
Connecticuit Audubon Center at Trail Wood, Hampton
Rock Spring Preserve, Scotland
Rhododendron Sanctuary- Pachaug State Forest, Voluntown
Mount Misery- Pachaug State Forest, Voluntown
Laurel Loop- Pachaug State Forest, Voluntown
Burnham Brook Preserve, East Haddam
Devil’s Hopyard State Park- East Haddam
Chatfield Trail- Cockaponset State Forest, Killingworth
Hammonasset Beach State Park- Madison
Bluff Point Coastal Reserve- Groton
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center- Mystic
Barn Island Wildlife Management Area- Stonington
