I have always enjoyed being a tourist in my own backyard and New Haven has served as a wonderful home base for many adventures throughout New England. As I look ahead towards completing my MDiv and anticipating graduation from Yale in May 2020, I have made a Connecticut Bucket List to keep track of the activities I’d like to do around the Nutmeg State. See something that you are interested in doing too? Please let me know!

• Visit Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven
• Hike at Sleeping Giant State Park
• Hike at Gillette Castle and tour the castle
• Hike in Hubbard Park and see Castle Craig Tower
• Hike the Tower Trail and tour Heublein Tower
• Hike in Kent Falls State Park
• Visit Grace Farms (planned for Nov. 2019)
• Tour the Philip Johnson Glass House (planned for Nov. 2019)
• Visit the Bruce Museum
• Visit the New Haven Museum
• Visit the New Britain Museum of American Art
• See the Chihuly glass sculpture at Mohegan Sun Casino
• Tour the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
• Visit the Hill-Stead Museum
• Hike in Devil’s Hopyard State Park (saving for Spring 2020)
• Visit the Elizabeth Park Conservancy (saving for 2020)
• Float down Farmington River (saving for late Spring 2020)

The list above is what remains on my bucket list. I’ve already crossed off over 20 items in the past two years.

• Tour Center Church Crypt (completed September 14, 2019)
• Visit Weir Farm (completed September 13, 2019)
• Visit Wadsworth Atheneum (completed September 15, 2019)
• Visit the Holy Land USA in Waterbury, Connecticut (completed May 8, 2019)
• Tour the Pez Factory and Visitor Center (completed June 8, 2019)
• Explore the Adventure Indoor Ropes Course with Ziplines at Jordan’s Furniture (completed June 27, 2019)
• Tour the Mark Twain House (completed September 29, 2018)
• Visit the Institute Library (completed March 12, 2018)
• Visit the Yale University Art Gallery (completed several times)
• Visit the Yale Center for British Art (completed February 9, 2018)
• Explore the Connecticut College Arboretum (completed May 12, 2018)
• Visit the Florence Griswold Museum (completed May 12, 2018)
• Hike East Rock (completed many times)
• Hike West Rock (completed many times)
• Visit the Book Barn (completed May 12, 2018)
• Visit Mystic, Connecticut (completed September 28, 2018)
• Visit Old Wethersfield, Connecticut (completed September 29, 2018)
• Visit Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (completed several times)
• Eat at the Traveler Restaurant in Union, Connecticut (completed June 8, 2014)
• Take a Thimble Islands Cruise (completed September 7, 2019)