Date visited: 3/7/2021

This is an old fort, built in 1777 that has been turned into a state park. The US Coast Guard has an active port, and I got some cool shots of the ship while it was being loaded with supplies. There's a walking trail that circles the fort.

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Date visited: 12/17/2021

A year ago on this day I was shoveling a foot of snow. Today, I'm out in sunny 60 degree weather on an adventure. This was a fun one. I bet these grounds must be beautiful in the spring, summer and fall. One thing I learned is that you can sign up for a camel tour of the arboretum! Yes, that's right, a camel tour! We didn't encounter any camels today. The grounds spill over from New London into Waterford, but most of what we walked was in New London. We wandered around for about three and a half miles, and it was time well spent. When we were done, we walked across the street and took some photos in front of the college.

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Date visited: 3/18/2023

This isn't really a specific place. It's the area of New London where the Thames River empties into Long Island Sound. We parked on Pequot Avenue and walked along the road for about a mile. There are numerous different named private beaches here, but they are all closed for the season and outsiders aren't welcome. The New London Harbor Lighthouse is located here. It's the fifth oldest lighthouse in the country, but it wasn't open to be open to the public, at least not when we were there. It was still a nice walk, and we were able to get some nice pictures on the stone wall that separates the road from the beach. Other than Ocean Beach, which doesn't allow dogs, I don't know of any other public access to the Long Island Sound portion of the New London water front.

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Date visited: 3/18/2023

This quick one mile loop begins at Mitchell Park on Montauk street as a paved walkway, before becoming a wide dirt path that loops through the woods. The beginning of the trail passes by athletic fields and the field house, before reaching a nice little pond at the start of the dirt loop. After we finished the trail, we crossed the street and walked around the Mitchell College campus a bit.

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Date visited: 12/26/2022

We've been to some fantastic places this year. This was not one of them. This is actually the worst place we've visited this year. The trail laid out in the All-Trails app is the bike path, which is a short paved old road, a little over a mile total out and back. The real issue is that there is trash everywhere. Not just run of the mill trash, old tires, broken glass, kiddie pools, old furniture. Don't let some of the nicer pictures below fool you, this was not a pretty place. There are some side trails that weren't on my map. We did not explore them because there were kids on dirt bikes utilizing them at the time of our visit. That certainly did not add to ambiance, as we were left to deal with the smell of their exhaust. At the start of the bike trail, is New London Animal Control. The poor dogs in the cages have views of the trail and people that are using it, since the cages are open air on one side and face the trail. As you can imagine, this caused quite a comotion when I walked by with Mandy and Lexi. The actual park itself isn't as bad. There are athletic fields that connect to the high school and a playground, but there was still trash littered throughout. This was disappointing and definitely not worth any return visits.

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Date visited: 7/15/2024

This is a park along a pier located within New London's waterfront district. The park could be very nice, but like other places in this city, there's a lot of trash. The place could use a cleanup. Ferries for Fisher Island and Block Island leave near here, and you can see them coming and going. Five trains went by while we were here, so it's a busy travel hub. This park is also a hangout for working girls and their handlers. One of the handlers was on the phone as we walked by, and I overheard him say "I should have put him to the ground" to whomever he was talking to. Like I said, this place could be nice. Some of the views are good, but the city needs to clean this place up.

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Date visited: 7/15/2024

We walked around the New London Cultural District (also known as the Waterfront District), after walking through the Waterfront Park. There are many buildings with different murals painted on the side of them. Some of them are very interesting! Some of the downtown buildings are run down, while others are alive and vibrant. Like other areas in town, there's a lot of trash (despite garbage cans being readily available, that have sayings on them like "New London is Love"). Combined with the waterfront park, we walked about three miles here.

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