Tag Archives: nature

Taking Its Course

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The centerpiece of the Wepawaug Conservation Area is the Wepawaug River. As a hiker, you can more or less follow its retreat from a reservoir at the edge of Orange to its gentler meeting with Race Brook closer to the …

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A Delightful Ramble

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“From the Sound to the Summits” is the tag line for the New England Trail

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Baby Greens

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We’re celebrating 2023 by revisiting some of the year’s best photo essays, each plucked from—and emblematic of—one of the four seasons.

Yesterday, we conjured winter. Today? Spring, courtesy of this April 20 essay.

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Hanging Out

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Even if you’ve hiked Meriden’s Hanging Hills before, when you clamber over the last rocky shelf and arrive on West Peak, chances are you’ll be awed all over again. …

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Supernatural

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You’re alone in a marsh on the eve of Halloween, and it’s almost dark. …

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Mountain Time

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Calling York Mountain a mountain is a bit of a stretch…

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Wings and Prayers

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As the fall season begins, another one is taking off: the fall migration season. …

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Baby Greens

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A photo essay. To view all 11 photos, check out the email edition

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North Rock

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Editor’s Note: Joan R. Mazurek, a longtime neighbor of and advocate for Peter’s Rock Park in North Haven, wrote to us in January with a proposed letter to the editor expressing outrage about the Peter’s Rock Association’s summary installation

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’Front Line

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Connecticut has its fair share of rail trails—converted train beds for hiking and biking. Trolley trails are less common, but that’s just what you get with Branford’s Trolley Trail, a…

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