Things To Do in Litchfield Hills

North of Woodbury on Route 6, watch for Flanders Road forking to the left. Three miles along, on the right, is the office building for this 1,400-acre nature center. Yearly events include maple syrup and wreath-making, along with a fall festival. Maps of hiking trails are available.

About the only scrap of surviving history worth mentioning in town is this 1750 house of an Episcopal bishop, west of Route 6 on a street of fine 18th-century houses. A glebe was a property given to a preacher as partial compensation for his services. Inside are furnishings true to…

Chardonnays and merlots don't spring to mind as likely Connecticut products, but this winery established in 1978 has grown and prospered, presently offering 11 drinkable bottlings. The tasting room is open year-round. It's east of town, off Route 118. There's a second winery in…

One wealthy forge owner, John Milton Holley, bought a 1768 mansion and doubled its size in 1808. The result is a Federal and Greek Revival mix. It contains furnishings assembled by Holley and his descendants over the 173 years the family lived there. There were a lot of them -- the…

A former dairy farm on a promontory above Lake Waramaug was converted into a vineyard and winery in 1979. Headquartered in a 19th-century barn across the street from the Hopkins Inn, it produces about a dozen different bottlings. They won't make anyone forget Napa Valley, but prices…

A worthwhile detour takes drivers down Curtis Road to this small repository of Native American crafts and artifacts. They are presented with sensitivity and, for the most part, without polemics. Down a nearby path is a re-creation of an Algonquian village. There's a picnic area on…