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Great Day Trips to Connecticut's Critical Habitats


category : Day Trips

Discover the natural places that are vital to sustaining Connecticut
wildlife, including amphibians reptiles, mammals, birds and plants! This new
guidebook describes hikes to learn about and explore the nature of 16 of the
state�s most unique habitats, including forests and woodlands, rivers,
freshwater marshes, tidal marshes, swamps, bogs, beaches, offshore islands,
traprock ridges, the marble valleys and more�all within an afternoon�s drive
if not right down the road.


Written by ecologist Dr. Robert Craig, a leader of the first ecological
survey of Connecticut in 1975 and an authority on the remarkably diverse
wildlife of the state. With paintings by Connecticut artist Barbara Lussier.


With trips to natural places in Chaplin, Lebanon, Ashford, Mansfield,
Windham, Voluntown, Stonington, Portland, Old Lyme, Cromwell, East Lyme, Goshen,
Milford, Norwalk, Salisbury, Simsbury and Bloomfield.


Address:

Phone: (203) 767-6509
Our Website:www.cttrips.com

Come visit us in Simsbury, Connecticut

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International Skating Center of Connecticut

World-class twin-rink skating facility with Olympic level ice skating shows. Visitors welcome to watch Olympic figure skaters workout sessions (call ahead)

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Simsbury 1820 House

Historic country inn furnished with antiques and period reproductions. 33 rooms (six suites)

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Talcott Mountain State Park

Extensive vista in all directions from 165-foot Heublein Tower, former summer home of prominent Hartford family. Museum of local history. 1.5

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Great Day Trips to Connecticut's Critical Habitats

Discover the natural places that are vital to sustaining Connecticut wildlife, including amphibians reptiles, mammals, bi...