Bristol, Connecticut Travel Information

Central Connecticut around Southington, New Britain, and Bristol, Connecticut New Britain got its manufacturing start making sleigh bells. From these modest beginnings the city gradually branched out after 1800 into the manufacture of other hardware products, until it eventuall... New Britain, CT

National Parks of Connecticut This chapter is an excerpt from the book "Guide to the National Park Areas: Eastern States" and contains National Parks, National Monuments, National Preserves, National Historic Sites, and other attr... Waterbury, CT

Simsbury, Connecticut, and The Farmington Valley Hill-Stead Museum (35 Mountain Road) is so Farmington that it is almost impossible to imagine it existing anywhere else. Housed in a white clapboard 1901 replica of a neocolonial house built in an eig... Simsbury, CT

The Amusement Parks of Connecticut This chapter describes these Connecticut Amusemet Parks: Lake Compounce in Bristol and Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury. The chapter contains contact information, hours, descriptions of top rides, ... Bristol, CT

The Farmington Valley, Connecticut (Including Avon, Canton, Farmington, Granby, and Simsbury) The Farmington River ties together several communities while making its way south from the Berkshires and then north through Farmington, Avon, and Simsbury, where it turns east and enters the larger C... Farmington, CT

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Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area (Distance: 3.8 mi) Located in Burlington. Two short loops explore the WMA. Special attractions: Bird and wildlife watching, marsh / beaver pond, observation tower, waterfall, diverse woods, spring-flowering shrubs.

Burlington, CT - Hiking - length:2.6 mi

Mile of Ledges (Distance: 4.0 mi) This is a challenging, but rewarding loop walk. Said to be the roughest section of the Tunxis Trail, the Mile of Ledges is located in the south section of Burlington, quite near Bristol.

Burlington, CT - Walking - length:3 mi

Mile of Ledges and Tory Den Trail (Distance: 4.2 mi) One of the most rugged and interesting sections of the state’s blue-blazed hiking trail system is located in Hartford County very near its border with Litchfield County. Indeed, this walk straddles th...

Burlington, CT - Hiking - length:4.25 mi

Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area Trail (Distance: 5.0 mi) Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area proved to be an unexpected but very pleasant surprise. This 455-acre property, acquired by the state from the United Methodist Church in 1981, has a great deal ...

Burlington, CT - Hiking - length:3 mi

Farmington (Distance: 5.6 mi) Farmington is one of those Connecticut towns and villages that were founded before the American Revolution and bear the label "quaint" but are indeed far more than that tainted word implies. Farmingto...

Farmington, CT - Road Biking - length:13.5 mi

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Chippanee Chippanee Golf Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6290 yards, par 70 2.6 miles from center of Bristol, Connecticut

Pequabuck Pequabuck Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6015 yards, par 69 2.9 miles from center of Bristol, Connecticut

Westwoods 1 Westwoods Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 4407 yards, par 61 3.3 miles from center of Bristol, Connecticut

Pine Valley Pine Valley Golf Course, Inc. Public, 18 holes 6325 yards, par 71 3.5 miles from center of Bristol, Connecticut

Pattonbrook Hawk's Landing Country Club Public, 18 holes 4433 yards, par 72 4.9 miles from center of Bristol, Connecticut

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