Avoid the crowds along these 25 secret hiking trails around CT
Peter Marteka
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While popular state park hiking areas filled up fast during the pandemic, forcing the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to close them, nearby land trusts and municipal open spaces sat relatively empty and unused. To enjoy our natural beauty without the crowds, skip the overused trails and visit these paths less traveled.
Hidden Valley Preserve
Location: Washington
Total distance: 17 miles
Must-see: The “Pinnacle” and “Lookout” overlooks
Hidden Valley Preserve is home to the finest trail bridge in Connecticut. The Thoreau Bridge connects the northern and southern portions of the 650-acre preserve. The cable-stayed, mass-timber suspension bridge spans 134 feet across the Shepaug River and is etched with famous quotes by the 19th-century author and philosopher such as: “The universe is wider than our views of it” and “Wildness is the preservation
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First responders converged on the Gold Star Memorial Bridge late Wednesday night after a man climbed onto the outside of the fencing on the southbound span, a New London fire official said.
Two witnesses had reported that someone jumped from the bridge, New London Fire Department Battalion Chief Jeffrey Rheaume said. That prompted a search of the Thames River and the land around the bridge, he said.
Responders spoke with the man, who had not jumped, and he climbed back over the fence, Rheaume said. The fire department transported him to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital.
The regional marine group and Coast Guard Station New London had boats on the water, and there were emergency vehicles on the span and at either end of it, including firetrucks, ambulances and police cruisers from surrounding municipalities, for what state police at Troop E in Montville called a search and rescue operation. Responders swept spotlights over the bridge to locat