Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) joins Americas State Parks and all 50 state park systems for free, guided First Day Hike Programs on New Year’s Day 2015. This year DEEP offers the following guided First Day Hikes: Hammonasset Beach State Park, 1288 Boston Post Rd., Madison, 1 PM, easy, one hour hike, meet at Meigs Point Nature Center. Sponsored by Friends of the Office of State Archaeology and Friends of Hammonasset. Contact: Don Rankin, (203) 245-9192 James L. Goodwin Conservation Center, 23 Potter Rd., Hampton, 12 PM, moderate, two hour hike, 3-4 miles, meet at the Center. Sponsored by Friends of Goodwin Forest. Contact: [email protected] Southford Falls State Park, 175 Quaker Farms Rd (Rt. 188) Southbury, 1 PM, moderate, 1.6 mile, one hour, meet by the parking lot. Sponsored by CT DEEP State Parks. Contact: [email protected] Mansfield Hollow State Park, Bassett’s Bridge Rd., Mansfield, CT, 11 AM (arrive by 10:45 AM), moderate, 2 hikes - 4.5 mile & 2.2 mile, meet in the Mansfield Hollow Recreation Area parking lot. Sponsored by Friends of Mansfield Hollow. Contact: pedlinron@gmail Scantic River State Park, Melrose Road, East Windsor, 1 PM, moderate, 2.5 mile hike, 2 hours, meet in parking lot at end of Melrose Road off Broad Brook Road. Sponsored by East Windsor American Heritage River Commission. Contact: [email protected] Sleeping Giant State Park, 200 Mt. Carmel Ave., Hamden, 1:30 PM (arrive by 1:15 PM), strenuous, 1 ½ hr. & 2 ½ hr. hikes, meet at the bulletin board by the kiosk. Sponsored by Sleeping Giant Park Association. Contact: hike_the_giant@yahoo State park staff and volunteers will lead the hikes, which average one to two miles or longer depending on the state park. Tips regarding proper clothing and details on hikes in all 50 states can be found on the America’s State Parks website, naspd.org
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:42:16 +0000
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