Hiking to Connecticut’s Historic Hermit Havens
Author: Jennifer Lawton Schloat Connecticut is an ideal destination for day hikers. There are many blazed trails through rocky areas on hills and mountains with many caves. These caves have sheltered people throughout history. Some Connecticut towns are home to hidden historic sites, deep in the woods, secluded locations. These were already off-the-beaten-path in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Several havens of early American hermits and outcasts have survived the centuries, untouched by the population expansion and modernization of…
