Volunteers, along with a statewide trails organization, plan to cut a new section of the Metacomet Trail through town that will create a loop for hikers. The 51-mile Metacomet Trail is part of a ...

Eric Hammerling, executive director of the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, confers with Clare Cain, center, trail stewardship director and Lindsay Michel, land conservation director, outside ...

The story so far. Back in February, Katie, my eldest daughter, and I set out from the Massachusetts line to hike Connecticut’s Metacomet Trail in a series of day hikes. The Metacomet Trail runs 62 ...

Come along for the next stop in the Simsbury Public Library’s travel series held on the third Tuesday of each month. On Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 6:30 p.m., Roberto Vargas will take you along on his ...

A natural escape. A day of exercise. Stunning views. Hikers come in pursuit of these things when they ascend sections of the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail in Massachusetts. With a new federal designation, ...

HOLYOKE - For M.P. "Chevy" Chevrette and his 11-year-old son, Benjamin, hiking has always been a way to get some exercise, explore the great outdoors and enjoy some father-son bonding time. Since Ben ...

Feb. 9—As friends and I neared the 950-summit of Talcott Mountain in Simsbury the other day, we could see the red roof of a cupola poking above the pines. Each step higher revealed more of the ...

PLAINVILLE >> Search crews with bloodhound dogs on Monday scoured trails in central Connecticut for signs of an experienced, 64-year-old hiker who was last heard from two days earlier. The hiker, ...