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{{Short description|None}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Location map+|Connecticut|width=300|float=right|caption= Connecticut’s 106 State Parks |places= {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42|lat_min=2|lat_sec =7|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=26|lon_sec =2|lon_dir =W|link=Mount Riga State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42|lat_min=2|lat_sec =33|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=13|lon_sec =28|lon_dir =W|link=Campbell Falls State Park Reserve}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42|lat_min=0|lat_sec =9|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=12|lon_sec =30|lon_dir =W|link=Haystack Mountain State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42|lat_min=0|lat_sec =16|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=7|lon_sec =47|lon_dir =W|link=Bigelow Hollow State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=6|lat_sec =56|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=19|lon_sec =42|lon_dir =W|link=Sherwood Island State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=59|lat_sec =1|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=31|lon_sec =37|lon_dir =W|link=Scantic River State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=57|lat_sec =20|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 71|lon_min=48|lon_sec =42|lon_dir =W|link=Quaddick State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=56|lat_sec =55|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=11|lon_sec =55|lon_dir =W|link=Dennis Hill State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=54|lat_sec =0|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=6|lon_sec =25|lon_dir =W|link=Platt Hill State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=53|lat_sec =0|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=9|lon_sec =13|lon_dir =W|link=John A. Minetto State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=52|lat_sec =9|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=5|lon_sec =52|lon_dir =W|link=Burr Pond State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=51|lat_sec =52|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=46|lon_sec =43|lon_dir =W|link=Penwood State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=51|lat_sec =49|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=50|lon_sec =7|lon_dir =W|link=Stratton Brook State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=51|lat_sec =41|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 71|lon_min=47|lon_sec =52|lon_dir =W|link=Killingly Pond State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=51|lat_sec =4|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 71|lon_min=59|lon_sec =5|lon_dir =W|link=Mashamoquet Brook State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=50|lat_sec =42|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=22|lon_sec =42|lon_dir =W|link=Housatonic Meadows State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=49|lat_sec =6|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=38|lon_sec =43|lon_dir =W|link=Windsor Meadows State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=49|lat_sec =25|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=47|lon_sec =56|lon_dir =W|link=Talcott Mountain State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=48|lat_sec =37|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=17|lon_sec =48|lon_dir =W|link=Mohawk Forest/Mohawk Mountain State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=47|lat_sec =24|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=26|lon_sec =53|lon_dir =W|link=Bolton Notch State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=46|lat_sec =55|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 71|lon_min=52|lon_sec =1|lon_dir =W|link=Old Furnace State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=46|lat_sec =33|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=24|lon_sec =33|lon_dir =W|link=Kent Falls State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=46|lat_sec =22|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=29|lon_sec =3|lon_dir =W|link=Macedonia Brook State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=43|lat_sec =36|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=21|lon_sec =10|lon_dir =W|link=Above All State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=43|lat_sec =34|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=26|lon_sec =24|lon_dir =W|link=Gay City State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=42|lat_sec =23|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=22|lon_sec =57|lon_dir =W|link=Lake Waramaug State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=42|lat_sec =10|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=6|lon_sec =25|lon_dir =W|link=Humaston Brook State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=41|lat_sec =53|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=13|lon_sec =21|lon_dir =W|link=Pomeroy State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=41|lat_sec =29|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=16|lon_sec =35|lon_dir =W|link=Mount Tom State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=41|lat_sec =22|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=21|lon_sec =44|lon_dir =W|link=Mount Bushnell State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=4|lat_sec =53|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=35|lon_sec =13|lon_dir =W|link=Mianus River State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=39|lat_sec =33|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=6|lon_sec =22|lon_dir =W|link=Black Rock State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=39|lat_sec =3|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=39|lon_sec =28|lon_dir =W|link=Dinosaur State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=36|lat_sec =27|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 71|lon_min=55|lon_sec =8|lon_dir =W|link=Hopeville Pond State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=34|lat_sec =44|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=45|lon_sec =45|lon_dir =W|link=Lamentation Mountain State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=33|lat_sec =12|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=25|lon_sec =6|lon_dir =W|link=Day Pond State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=33|lat_sec =10|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=33|lon_sec =40|lon_dir =W|link=Dart Island State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=32|lat_sec =42|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=24|lon_sec =8|lon_dir =W|link=Lovers Leap State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=31|lat_sec =39|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=41|lon_sec =25|lon_dir =W|link=Wadsworth Falls State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=31|lat_sec =2|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=13|lon_sec =3|lon_dir =W|link=Hopemead State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=31|lat_sec =11|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=32|lon_sec =35|lon_dir =W|link=Hurd State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=30|lat_sec =42|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=3|lon_sec =56|lon_dir =W|link=Whittemore Glen State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=30|lat_sec =38|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=28|lon_sec =35|lon_dir =W|link=Squantz Pond State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=30|lat_sec =32|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=32|lon_sec =35|lon_dir =W|link=George Dudley Seymour State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=30|lat_sec =21|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=13|lon_sec =19|lon_dir =W|link=Minnie Island State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=29|lat_sec =30|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=31|lon_sec =2|lon_dir =W|link=Haddam Island State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=29|lat_sec =14|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=33|lon_sec =37|lon_dir =W|link=Higganum Reservoir State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=28|lat_sec =57|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=37|lon_sec =38|lon_dir =W|link=Millers Pond State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=28|lat_sec =48|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=30|lon_sec =27|lon_dir =W|link=Haddam Meadows State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=28|lat_sec =34|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=20|lon_sec =28|lon_dir =W|link=Devil's Hopyard State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=28|lat_sec =1|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=27|lon_sec =45|lon_dir =W|link=Brainard Homestead State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=27|lat_sec =45|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=17|lon_sec =28|lon_dir =W|link=George Waldo State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=27|lat_sec =40|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=3|lon_sec =52|lon_dir =W|link=Stoddard Hill State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=27|lat_sec =15|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=9|lon_sec =42|lon_dir =W|link=Southford Falls State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=26|lat_sec =46|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=44|lon_sec =28|lon_dir =W|link=Tri-Mountain State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=25|lat_sec =59|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=53|lon_sec =6|lon_dir =W|link=Sleeping Giant State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=25|lat_sec =42|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=16|lon_sec =55|lon_dir =W|link=Rocky Glen State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=25|lat_sec =33|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=25|lon_sec =44|lon_dir =W|link=Gillette Castle State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=25|lat_sec =32|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=50|lon_sec =12|lon_dir =W|link=Wharton Brook State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=25|lat_sec =23|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=51|lon_sec =12|lon_dir =W|link=Quinnipiac River State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=25|lat_sec =16|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=12|lon_sec =17|lon_dir =W|link=Kettletown State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=23|lat_sec =41|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=24|lon_sec =54|lon_dir =W|link=Selden Neck State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=22|lat_sec =6|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=35|lon_sec =22|lon_dir =W|link=Chatfield Hollow State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=22|lat_sec =20|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=17|lon_sec =58|lon_dir =W|link=Becket Hill State Park Reserve}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=21|lat_sec =37|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=58|lon_sec =19|lon_dir =W|link=West Rock Ridge State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=21|lat_sec =3|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=28|lon_sec =13|lon_dir =W|link=Wooster Mountain State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=21|lat_sec =14|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=4|lon_sec =48|lon_dir =W|link=Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=20|lat_sec =46|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=7|lon_sec =48|lon_dir =W|link=Indian Well State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=20|lat_sec =23|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=6|lon_sec =10|lon_dir =W|link=Osbornedale State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=20|lat_sec =20|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=22|lon_sec =51|lon_dir =W|link=Putnam Memorial State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=19|lat_sec =55|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=0|lon_sec =33|lon_dir =W|link=Haley Farm State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=19|lat_sec =35|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=29|lon_sec =55|lon_dir =W|link=Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=19|lat_sec =30|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=1|lon_sec =43|lon_dir =W|link=Bluff Point State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=18|lat_sec =30|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=14|lon_sec =34|lon_dir =W|link=Rocky Neck State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=18|lat_sec =18|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=6|lon_sec =48|lon_dir =W|link=Harkness Memorial State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=15|lat_sec =54|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 72|lon_min=33|lon_sec =21|lon_dir =W|link=Hammonasset Beach State Park}} {{Location map~|Connecticut|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41|lat_min=12|lat_sec =9|lat_dir=N|lon_deg = 73|lon_min=4|lon_sec =15|lon_dir =W|link=Silver Sands State Park}} }} {{clear left}} This is a '''list of [[state park]]s, reserves, forests and wildlife management areas (WMAs) in the [[Connecticut]] state park and forest''' system, shown in five tables. The first table lists state parks and reserves, the second lists state park trails, the third lists [[state forest]]s, the fourth lists Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) and the fifth lists other state-owned, recreation-related areas. It is possible to faintly view the Milky Way in 10 state parks.<ref>{{Cite web|last=R|first=Mike|date=2021-08-13|title=State Parks Light Pollution Map And Statistics|url=https://cosmospnw.com/state-parks-light-pollution-map-and-statistics/|access-date=2022-01-16|website=CosmosPNW|language=en-US}}</ref> {{clear}} ==Connecticut state parks== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Name ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Town ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | County ! style="width:*;" colspan=2 | Area<ref name=pristaff/> ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Estab- lished ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | River / lake / other ! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Image ! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Remarks |- ! acres ! ha |- ! scope="row"|[[Above All State Park]] |[[Warren, Connecticut|Warren]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|31|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1927 | |[[File:AboveAllSP1.jpg|center|80px|alt=Graffiti on cinderblock building]] |Undeveloped site with [[Cold War]] defense installation remnants |- !Auerfarm State Park Scenic Reserve |Bloomfield |Hartford |40 |16 |2015 | |[[File:Auerfarm Scenic Reserve, Bloomfield CT.jpg|center|80px|alt=Auerfarm Scenic Reserve]] |Farmland gifted to state |- ! scope="row"|[[Beaver Brook State Park]] | [[Chaplin, Connecticut|Chaplin]], [[Windham, Connecticut|Windham]] |[[Windham County, Connecticut|Windham]] |{{convert|401|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1955 |Bibbins Pond |[[File:BeaverBrookSP_3.jpg|center|80px|alt=Pond and spillway]] |Fishing; abuts [[Air Line State Park Trail]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Becket Hill State Park Reserve]] | [[Lyme, Connecticut|Lyme]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|260|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1961 |Uncas Pond |[[File:NehanticSF_UncasPond_and_BeckettHillSP.jpg|center|80px|alt=Pond]] | Adjacent to [[Nehantic State Forest]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Beckley Furnace (North Canaan, Connecticut)|Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument]] |[[North Canaan, Connecticut|North Canaan]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|12|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1946 | |[[File:Industrial_Monument,_Beckley_Furnace.JPG|center|60px|alt=An antique stone furnace tower]] |Historic iron-making furnace dating from 1847 |- ! scope="row"|[[Bennett's Pond State Park]] | [[Ridgefield, Connecticut|Ridgefield]], [[Danbury, Connecticut|Danbury]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|460|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |2002 | |[[File:Bennett's Pond Park.jpg|center|80px|alt=Creek]] |Former estate and nursery called Outpost Farm |- ! scope="row"|[[Bigelow Hollow State Park]] |[[Union, Connecticut|Union]] |[[Tolland County, Connecticut|Tolland]] |{{convert|516|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1949 |Bigelow Pond,<br> Mashapaug Lake |[[File:Bigelow_pond_9.6.2005.jpg|center|80px|alt=Pond mirroring green trees]] |Adjoins [[Nipmuck State Forest]] and borders [[Mashapaug Lake]]; boat launch, swimming |- ! scope="row"|[[Black Rock State Park]] |[[Watertown, Connecticut|Watertown]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|444|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1926 |Black Rock Pond |[[File:Black_rock_panorama.jpg|center|80px|alt=Landscape with cloud-flecked sky]] |Camping, pond fishing, [[Mattatuck Trail]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Bluff Point State Park]] |[[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|806|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1963 |[[Long Island Sound]] |[[File:BluffPointSP IMG 1527.jpg|center|80px|alt=Land and sea]] |Ocean access, boat launch; near [[Haley Farm State Park]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Bolton Notch State Park]] | [[Bolton, Connecticut|Bolton]] |[[Tolland County, Connecticut|Tolland]] |{{convert|95|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1918 | | |Rock climbing |- ! scope="row"|[[Brainard Homestead State Park]] |[[East Haddam, Connecticut|East Haddam]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|25|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1929 | |[[File:EastHaddamCT_BrainardHomesteadSP.jpg|center|80px|alt=Field]] |Undeveloped |- ! scope="row"|[[Burr Pond State Park]] |[[Torrington, Connecticut|Torrington]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|438|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1949 |Burr Pond |[[File:Burr_Pond_Connecticut_State_Park%27s_Southern_Beach_and_Picnic_Section.JPG|center|80px|alt=Picnic table with pond]] |Boating, fishing, swimming |- ! scope="row"|[[Camp Columbia State Park/State Forest]] | [[Morris, Connecticut|Morris]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|600|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |2000 | |[[File:Camp Columbia State Park Class Of 1906 Tower.jpg|center|111x111px]] |Former rural campus of Columbia University Engineering Department |- ! scope="row"|[[Campbell Falls State Park Reserve]] |[[Norfolk, Connecticut|Norfolk]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|102|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1923 |Whiting River |[[File:CampbellFalls IMG 0861.jpg|center|80px|alt=Waterfall]] |On the [[Massachusetts]] border |- ! scope="row"|[[Chatfield Hollow State Park]] |[[Killingworth, Connecticut|Killingworth]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|412|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1949 | |[[File:Chatfield_Hollow_State_Park_-_%22Paul_F._Wildermann_Boardwalk%22..jpg|center|80px|alt=Boardwalk disappearing into foliage]] |Swimming, fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Collis P. Huntington State Park]] |[[Redding, Connecticut|Redding]], [[Newtown, Connecticut|Newtown]], [[Bethel, Connecticut|Bethel]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|878|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1973 | |[[File:HuntingtonBears.jpg|center|80px|alt=Standing bear statue]] |Former estate with ponds for fishing and canoeing and multipurpose trails |- ! scope="row"|[[Valley Railroad (Connecticut)|Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park]] |[[Essex, Connecticut|Essex]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|136|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1969 | |[[File:Valley Railroad 97 in Essex, December 2004.jpg|center|80px|alt=Steam train with steam]] |Essex Steam Train from Essex to [[Chester, Connecticut|Chester]] up the [[Connecticut River]] valley |- ! scope="row"|[[Dart Island State Park]] |[[Middletown, Connecticut|Middletown]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|19|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1918 |[[Connecticut River]] |[[File:Dart Island SP Cove 1197.2015-05-17 182416.JPG|center|80px|alt=Waterway]] |Accessible by water only |- ! scope="row"|[[Day Pond State Park]] |[[Colchester, Connecticut|Colchester]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|180|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1949 |Day Pond |[[File:DayPondSP PondView.jpg|center|80px|alt=Pond]] |Swimming, pond fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Dennis Hill State Park]] |[[Norfolk, Connecticut|Norfolk]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|240|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1935 | |[[File:DennisHillSP IMG 0881.jpg|center|80px|alt=Lookout pavilion]] |Former estate with hiking, picnicking and scenic views |- ! scope="row"|[[Devil's Hopyard State Park]] |[[East Haddam, Connecticut|East Haddam]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|860|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1919 |Eightmile River |[[File:Devils_Hopyard_Small_Falls_Kevin_Pepin.jpg|center|70px|alt=Waterfall over brown rocks]] |Historic millsite with camping, stream fishing, waterfall |- ! scope="row"|[[Dinosaur State Park]] |[[Rocky Hill, Connecticut|Rocky Hill]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]] |{{convert|60|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1968 | |[[File:Dinosaur_State_Park_(Rocky_Hill,_CT)_-_dome.JPG|center|80px|alt=Geodesic dome through pines]] |Natural history museum, arboretum |- ! scope="row"|[[Eagle Landing State Park]] |[[Haddam, Connecticut|Haddam]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|16|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |2003 |[[Connecticut River]] |[[Image:RiverQuest, Eagle Landing State Park, Haddam CT.jpg|center|80px]] |Boat dock, fishing pier, winter eagle viewing |- ! scope="row"|[[Farm River State Park]] |[[East Haven, Connecticut|East Haven]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|61|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1998 |Farm River |[[File:Farm_River_Connecticut_State_Park_Quinnipiac_University_Boat_Docks.JPG|center|80px|alt=Docks in fog]] |Boat launch, fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Ferry Landing State Park]] |[[Old Lyme, Connecticut|Old Lyme]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |Unknown |Connecticut River |[[Image:RiverQuest, Eagle Landing State Park, Haddam CT.jpg|center|80px]] |Boat launch, fishing, Crabbing |- ! scope="row"|[[Fort Griswold|Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park]] |[[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|16|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1953 |[[Thames River (Connecticut)|Thames River]] |[[File:FortGriswold_wiki.JPG|center|80px|alt=Landscape with river]] |Site of the 1781 massacre led by [[Benedict Arnold]]; [[American Revolutionary War]] museum and artifacts |- ! scope="row"|[[Fort Trumbull|Fort Trumbull State Park]] |[[New London, Connecticut|New London]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|16|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |2000 |[[Long Island Sound]] |[[File:FT._TRUMBULL,_NEW_LONDON,_CT.jpg|center|80px|alt=Landscape with stone fort]] |19th-century fort with museum, fishing pier |- ! scope="row"|[[Gardner Lake State Park]] |[[Salem, Connecticut|Salem]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|10|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |2001 |[[Gardner Lake]] |[[File:Gardner Lake, Salem CT.jpg|center|80px]] |Boating, fishing, swimming |- ! scope="row"|[[Gay City State Park]] |[[Hebron, Connecticut|Hebron]] |[[Tolland County, Connecticut|Tolland]] |{{convert|1569|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1944 |[[Blackledge River]] |[[File:Gay_City_Connecticut_State_Park_Split_Rock_Formation.JPG|center|80px|alt=Sun-dappled stone formation]] |Former mill-town ruins; pond fishing, swimming, youth group camping; bordered by [[Meshomasic State Forest]] |- ! scope="row"|[[George Dudley Seymour State Park]] |[[Haddam, Connecticut|Haddam]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|222|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1960 |[[Connecticut River]] | |Abuts [[Hurd State Park]] and Higganum Meadows Wildlife Area; fishing, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[George Waldo State Park]] |[[Southbury, Connecticut|Southbury]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|150|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1960 |[[Lake Lillinonah]] | |Undeveloped; multi-use trails |- ! scope="row"|[[Gillette Castle State Park]] |[[East Haddam, Connecticut|East Haddam]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|184|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1943 |[[Connecticut River]] |[[File:Gillette_Castle.jpg|center|80px|alt=Castle-like structure against blue sky]] |Castle house museum; boat camping |- ! scope="row"|[[Haddam Island State Park]] |[[Haddam, Connecticut|Haddam]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|14|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1944 |[[Connecticut River]] | |Accessible only by boat |- ! scope="row"|[[Haddam Meadows State Park]] |[[Haddam, Connecticut|Haddam]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|175|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1944 |[[Connecticut River]] |[[File:HaddamMeadowsSP Entrance.jpg|center|80px]] |Boating, fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Haley Farm State Park]] |[[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|198|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1970 | |[[File:Mountain biker on the crushed stone bike near the turn to Groton's X-Town Trail and Gibson Pond in Haley Farm State Park.jpg|center|80px|alt=Mountain biker on the crushed stone bike near the turn to Groton's X-Town Trail and Gibson Pond in Haley Farm State Park]] |Bike trail, near [[Bluff Point State Park]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Hammonasset Beach State Park]] |[[Madison, Connecticut|Madison]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|919|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1920 | |[[File:Hammonasset_sunset.JPG|center|80px|alt=Sun setting over ocean waters]] |Beach, swimming, fishing, camping, nature center, carry-in boating |- ! scope="row"|[[Harkness Memorial State Park]] |[[Waterford, Connecticut|Waterford]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|116|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1952 |[[Long Island Sound]] |[[File:HarknessAerial.jpg|center|80px|alt=Estate grounds in aerial view]] |42-room mansion museum, formal gardens, fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Haystack Mountain State Park]] |[[Norfolk, Connecticut|Norfolk]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|292|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1917 | |[[File:HaystackMountainSP IMG 0833.JPG|center|80px|alt=Observation tower]] |Observation tower |- ! scope="row"|[[Higganum Reservoir State Park]] |[[Haddam, Connecticut|Haddam]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|147|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1955 |Higganum Reservoir |[[File:Higganum Reservoir, Higganum CT.jpg|center|80px|alt=Higganum Reservoir]] |Car-top boating, fishing, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[Hopemead State Park]] |[[Bozrah, Connecticut|Bozrah]], [[Montville, Connecticut|Montville]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|70|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1954 |[[Gardner Lake]] |[[File:Hopemead State Park entrance, Bozrah CT.jpg|center|80px]] |Fishing, hiking |- ! scope="row"|[[Hopeville Pond State Park]] |[[Griswold, Connecticut|Griswold]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|544|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1938 |[[Pachaug River]] |[[File:Beach, Hopeville Pond, Griswold CT.jpg|center|80px]] |Camping, boating, swimming, pond fishing, field sports |- ! scope="row"|[[Horse Guard State Park]] |[[Avon, Connecticut|Avon]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]] |{{convert|105|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1964 | |[[File:Derrin House.JPG|center|80px]] |Undeveloped |- ! scope="row"|[[Housatonic Meadows State Park]] |[[Sharon, Connecticut|Sharon]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|451|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1927 |[[Housatonic River]] |[[File:Appalachian_Trail_Pine_Knob_Loop_Trail_section_in_Housatonic_Meadows_State_Park_scenic_overlook_of_the_Housatonic_River.JPG|center|80px|alt=Vista with fall foliage]] |Camping, canoeing, fly fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Humaston Brook State Park]] |[[Litchfield, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|141|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1920 | | |Fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Hurd State Park]] |[[East Hampton, Connecticut|East Hampton]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|991|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1914 |[[Connecticut River]] |[[File:HurdSP IMG 0250.JPG|center|80px|alt=Connecticut River view]] |Boat camping, mountain biking, scenic views |- ! scope="row"|[[Indian Well State Park]] |[[Shelton, Connecticut|Shelton]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|153|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1928 |[[Housatonic River|Lake Housatonic]] |[[File:Indian_well_at_sunset.JPG|center|80px|alt=Boat launch at sunset]] |Boating, swimming, fishing, waterfalls |- ! scope="row"|[[John A. Minetto State Park]] |[[Torrington, Connecticut|Torrington]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|715|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1965 | | |Pond and stream fishing, cross-country skiing |- ! scope="row"|[[Kent Falls State Park]] |[[Kent, Connecticut|Kent]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|307|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1919 |Falls Brook |[[File:KentFalls.JPG|center|80px|alt=Waterfalls with people in foreground]] |Waterfalls, replica covered bridge |- ! scope="row"|[[Kettletown State Park]] |[[Southbury, Connecticut|Southbury]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|599|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1950 |[[Lake Zoar]] |[[File:BBHTKettletownMillerTrail.jpg|center|80px|alt=BBHTKettletownMillerTrail]] |Camping, swimming, fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Killingly Pond State Park]] |[[Killingly, Connecticut|Killingly]] |[[Windham County, Connecticut|Windham]] |{{convert|162|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} | |Killingly Pond |[[File:Killingly Pond, Killingly CT.jpg|center|80px]] |Boating, fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Lake Waramaug State Park]] |[[Kent, Connecticut|Kent]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|95|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1920 |Lake Waramaug |[[Image:LakeWaureganSP and MountBushnellSP.jpg|center|80px]] |Camping, car-top boating, swimming, fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Lamentation Mountain State Park]] |[[Berlin, Connecticut|Berlin]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]] |{{convert|47|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1936 | |[[File:Lamentation_Mountain_and_State_Park_viewed_from_Mattabesett_Trail_in_Guiffrida_Park..JPG|center|80px|alt=Vista with greenery]] |Hiking, scenic vistas |- ! scope="row"|[[Lovers Leap State Park]] |[[New Milford, Connecticut|New Milford]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|127|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1971 |[[Housatonic River]] |[[File:Lovers_Leap_State_Park_-_Connecticut.jpg|center|80px|alt=River vista]] |Scenic river vistas |- ! scope="row"|[[Macedonia Brook State Park]] |[[Kent, Connecticut|Kent]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|2300|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1918 | |[[File:Macedonia State Park's Cobble Mountain summit with Catskill Mountains in background.JPG|center|80px|alt=Mountain vista]] |Camping, stream fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Machimoodus State Park]] |[[East Haddam, Connecticut|East Haddam]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|300|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1998 |[[Salmon River (Connecticut)|Salmon River]] |[[Image:EastHaddamCT MachimoodusSP 5.jpg|center|80px]] |Fishing, horseback riding |- ! scope="row"|[[Mansfield Hollow State Park]] |[[Mansfield, Connecticut|Mansfield]] |[[Tolland County, Connecticut|Tolland]] |{{convert|251|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1952 |[[Mansfield Hollow Lake]] |[[File:USACE_Mansfield_Hollow_Lake.jpg|center|80px|alt=Lake and dam aerial view]] |Boating, fishing, field sports, mountain biking, cross-country skiing |- ! scope="row"|[[Mashamoquet Brook State Park]] |[[Pomfret, Connecticut|Pomfret]] |[[Windham County, Connecticut|Windham]] |{{convert|917|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1924 | |[[File:PomfretCT_MashamoquetBrookStatePark_Roadway.jpg|center|80px|alt=Leafy park roadway]] |Camping, swimming, stream fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Mianus River State Park]] |[[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|94|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |2001 |[[Mianus River]] |[[File:Mianus_River_Park_-_Mianus_River_from_west_river_bank.JPG|center|80px|alt=River view with rocks and trees]] |Biking, fishing, horseback riding |- ! scope="row"|[[Millers Pond State Park]] |[[Durham, Connecticut|Durham]], [[Haddam, Connecticut|Haddam]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|280|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1955 |Millers Pond |[[File:MillersPond.jpg|center|80px|alt=Tranquil blue pond]] | Fishing, hunting, mountain biking |- ! scope="row"|[[Minnie Island State Park]] |[[Salem, Connecticut|Salem]], [[Montville, Connecticut|Montville]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1925 |[[Gardner Lake]] | |Boating, fishing, accessible only by boat |- ! scope="row"|[[Mohawk State Forest|Mohawk Forest/Mohawk Mountain State Park]] |[[Cornwall, Connecticut|Cornwall]], [[Goshen, Connecticut|Goshen]], [[Litchfield, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|4016|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1921 | |[[File:MohawkStateForest.jpg|center|80px|alt=Mountain vista]] |Includes [[Mohawk Mountain Ski Area]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Mono Pond State Park Reserve]] |[[Columbia, Connecticut|Columbia]] |[[Tolland County, Connecticut|Tolland]] |{{convert|218|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |2008 |Mono Pond |[[File:Mono Pond, Columbia CT.jpg|80px|alt=Mono Pond]] |Boating, fishing, hunting, cross-country skiing |- ! scope="row"|[[Mooween State Park]] |[[Lebanon, Connecticut|Lebanon]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|577|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1989 |Red Cedar Lake |[[File:Red Cedar Lake, Lebanon CT.jpg|center|80px]] |Boating, fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Mount Bushnell State Park]] |[[Washington, Connecticut|Washington]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|214|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1916 | |[[Image:LakeWaureganWithMountBushnell.jpg|center|80px]] |Hiking |- ! scope="row"|[[Mount Riga State Park]] |[[Salisbury, Connecticut|Salisbury]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|276|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1954 | |[[File:Connecticut-Massachusetts state line boundary marker in Sages Ravine near Connecticut Route 41 and Mount Riga State Park.jpg|center|80px|alt=Connecticut-Massachusetts state line boundary marker in Sages Ravine near Connecticut Route 41 and Mount Riga State Park]] |Hiking |- ! scope="row"|[[Mount Tom State Park]] |[[Litchfield, Connecticut|Litchfield]], [[Washington, Connecticut|Washington]], [[Morris, Connecticut|Morris]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|231|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1915 |Mount Tom Pond |[[File:2013-06-22 Mt. Tom State Park (37).JPG|center|70px|alt=Rough-hewn stone tower]] |Historic lookout tower |- !Nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park |Eastford |Windham | | |1920 | |[[File:Nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park, Eastford CT.jpg|center|70px]] |Located in Natchaug State Forest |- ! scope="row"|[[Old Furnace State Park]] |[[Killingly, Connecticut|Killingly]] |[[Windham County, Connecticut|Windham]] |{{convert|367|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1918 |Ross Pond ||[[File:Marsh_with_reeds_along_Half_Hill_Brook_on_Old_Furnace_Trail.jpg|center|70px|alt=Brook and wetlands]] |Site of an 18th-century iron furnace; hiking, boating, fishing, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[Osbornedale State Park]] |[[Derby, Connecticut|Derby]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|350|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1956 | |[[File:OsbournedaleSP Erratic.jpg|center|70px|alt=Glacial erratic]] |Former Osbornedale Farms; hiking, pond fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Penwood State Park]] |[[Bloomfield, Connecticut|Bloomfield]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]] |{{convert|787|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1944 |Lake Louise |[[File:Lake_Louise_in_Penwood_State_Park_3,_2010-04-11.jpg|center|70px|alt=Kettle bog waters]] |[[Metacomet Trail]], hiking, cross-country skiing |- ! scope="row"|[[Platt Hill State Park]] |[[Winchester, Connecticut|Winchester]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|159|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1960 | |[[File:Fields_at_Platt_Hill_State_Park_02.JPG|center|70px|alt=Field and sky]] |Scenic vistas |- ! scope="row"|[[Pomeroy State Park]] |[[Lebanon, Connecticut|Lebanon]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|200|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1953 | | |Undeveloped; hiking, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[Putnam Memorial State Park]] |[[Bethel, Connecticut|Bethel]], [[Redding, Connecticut|Redding]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|183|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1887 |Lake MdDougall |[[File:Putnam Memorial State Park - entry gate.jpg|center|70px|alt=Entry gate]] |[[American Revolutionary War]] museum, interpretive trail, youth group camping |- ! scope="row"|[[Quaddick State Park]] |[[Thompson, Connecticut|Thompson]] |[[Windham County, Connecticut|Windham]] |{{convert|116|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1951 |Quaddick Reservoir | |Boat launch, swimming, fishing, field sports |- ! scope="row"|[[Quinebaug Lake State Park]] |[[Killingly, Connecticut|Killingly]] |[[Windham County, Connecticut|Windham]] |{{convert|181|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1964 |Quinebaug Lake | |Boating, fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Quinnipiac River State Park]] |[[North Haven, Connecticut|North Haven]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|323|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1951 |[[Quinnipiac River]] | |Car-top boating, fishing, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[River Highlands State Park]] |[[Cromwell, Connecticut|Cromwell]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|177|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |2001 |[[Connecticut River]] |[[File:RiverHighlandsSP IMG 1427.JPG|center|70px|alt=River view]] |Boat camping |- ! scope="row"|[[Rocky Glen State Park]] |[[Newtown, Connecticut|Newtown]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|46|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1943 |Pootatuck River | |Hiking |- ! scope="row"|[[Rocky Neck State Park]] |[[East Lyme, Connecticut|East Lyme]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|710|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1931 |[[Long Island Sound]] |[[File:Rocky_Neck_Pavillion_Kevin_Pepin.jpg|center|80px|alt=Long pavilion]] |Beach, swimming, camping, saltwater fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Ross Pond State Park]] |[[Killingly, Connecticut|Killingly]] |[[Windham County, Connecticut|Windham]] |{{convert|314|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1964 |Ross Pond | |Boating, fishing, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[Salt Rock State Campground]] |[[Sprague, Connecticut|Sprague]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|149|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |2001 |[[Shetucket River]] | |Camping, fishing, pool swimming, access to [[Shetucket River]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area]] |[[New Hartford, Connecticut|New Hartford]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |2012 |[[Farmington River]] |[[File:Satans_kingdom.jpg|center|80px|alt=Park sign]] |Canoeing, kayaking, tubing |- ! scope="row"|[[Scantic River State Park]] |[[Enfield, Connecticut|Enfield]], [[East Windsor, Connecticut|East Windsor]], [[Somers, Connecticut|Somers]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]] |{{convert|784|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1967 |[[Scantic River]] |[[Image:EastWindsorCT ScanticRiver.jpg|center|60px]] |Fishing, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[Selden Neck State Park]] |[[Lyme, Connecticut|Lyme]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|607|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1917 |[[Connecticut River]] | |Accessible only by boat; camping, fishing, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve]] |[[Ridgefield, Connecticut|Ridgefield]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|305|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1956 |Lake Naraneka |[[File:Seth_Low_Pierrepont_State_Park_Reserve_entrance_sign.jpg|center|80px|alt=Park sign]] |Car-top boating, fishing |- !Seaside State Park |Waterford |New London |36 |15 |2014 |Long Island Sound | |Sanatorium remains, fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Sherwood Island State Park]] |[[Westport, Connecticut|Westport]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|238|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1932 |[[Long Island Sound]] |[[File:WestportCTSherwoodIsParkBeachEastSide11172007.JPG|center|80px|alt=Beachscape]] |Beach, swimming, nature center, field sports, saltwater fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Silver Sands State Park]] |[[Milford, Connecticut|Milford]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|297|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1960 |[[Long Island Sound]] |[[File:CharlesIsland.jpg|center|80px|alt=Beach, tombolo and island]] |Beach, swimming, saltwater fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Sleeping Giant (Connecticut)|Sleeping Giant State Park]] |[[Hamden, Connecticut|Hamden]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|1439|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1924 | |[[File:Gianttower.jpg|center|80px|alt=Stone lookout tower]] |[[Quinnipiac Trail]], lookout tower, stream fishing, youth group camping |- ! scope="row"|[[Southford Falls State Park]] |[[Oxford, Connecticut|Oxford]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|126|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1932 |Eightmile Brook |[[File:SouthfordFallsSP IMG 0955.jpg|80px|alt=Covered bridge]] |Waterfalls, covered bridge, pond and stream fishing, cross-country skiing, field sports |- ! scope="row"|[[Squantz Pond State Park]] |[[New Fairfield, Connecticut|New Fairfield]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|172|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1926 |Squantz Pond |[[File:Squantz_Pond_early_morning_autumn.JPG|center|80px|alt=Pond waters]] |Boating, swimming, pond fishing, scuba diving |- ! scope="row"|[[Stillwater Pond State Park]] |[[Torrington, Connecticut|Torrington]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|226|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} | |Stillwater Pond | |Boating, fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Stoddard Hill State Park]] |[[Ledyard, Connecticut|Ledyard]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|55|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1954 |[[Thames River (Connecticut)|Thames River]] | |Boating, fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Stratton Brook State Park]] |[[Simsbury, Connecticut|Simsbury]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]] |{{convert|145|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1949 |Stratton Brook |[[File:Stratton_Brook_State_Park.jpg|center|80px|alt=Covered bridge]] |Swimming, fishing, biking, cross-country skiing |- ! scope="row"|[[Sunnybrook State Park]] |[[Torrington, Connecticut|Torrington]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|464|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1970 |[[Naugatuck River]] | |Fishing, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[Sunrise State Park]] |[[East Haddam, Connecticut|East Haddam]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|143|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |2009 |[[Salmon River (Connecticut)|Salmon River]] |[[Image:EastHaddamCT SunsetResortSP 4.jpg|center|80px]] |Undeveloped |- ! scope="row"|[[Talcott Mountain State Park]] |[[Simsbury, Connecticut|Simsbury]], [[Avon, Connecticut|Avon]],<br> [[Bloomfield, Connecticut|Bloomfield]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]] |{{convert|574|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1965 | |[[File:Heublein Tower.jpg|center|70px|alt=Tower]] |Observation tower, scenic vistas, [[Metacomet Trail]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Tri-Mountain State Park]] |[[Durham, Connecticut|Durham]],<br> [[Wallingford, Connecticut|Wallingford]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]],<br> [[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|157|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1925 | | |Hiking |- ! scope="row"|[[Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve]] |[[Easton, Connecticut|Easton]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|300|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1999 | |[[File:TroutBrookValleyPreserve_OrdwayRedTrailHead.jpg|center|70px|alt=Hiking trail signage]] |Hiking |- ! scope="row"|[[Wadsworth Falls State Park]] |[[Middlefield, Connecticut|Middlefield]],<br> [[Middletown, Connecticut|Middletown]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|285|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1942 |[[Coginchaug River]] |[[File:Wadsworth_Falls.jpg|center|80px|alt=Waterfall]] |Waterfall, swimming, stream fishing, mountain biking |- ! scope="row"|[[West Rock Ridge State Park]] |[[Hamden, Connecticut|Hamden]], [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]],<br> [[Woodbridge, Connecticut|Woodbridge]], [[Bethany, Connecticut|Bethany]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|1691|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1975 |Lake Wintergreen |[[File:NewHavenfromWestRockSouthOverlook,_10-11.jpg|center|80px|alt=Landscape vista]] |Features the [[Regicides Trail]], scenic vistas, fishing, car-top boating, horseback riding |- ! scope="row"|[[Wharton Brook State Park]] |[[Wallingford, Connecticut|Wallingford]],<br> [[North Haven, Connecticut|North Haven]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|96|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1918 |Allen Brook Pond |[[File:Allen Brook Pond in Wharton Brook SP at dusk.jpg|center|80px|Allen Brook Pond in Wharton Brook SP at dusk.]] |Fishing, swimming |- ! scope="row"|[[Whittemore Glen State Park]] |[[Naugatuck, Connecticut|Naugatuck]], [[Middlebury, Connecticut|Middlebury]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|242|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1945 | |[[File:The Larkin Trail in Whittemore Glen State Park in Naugatuck Connecticut.jpg|center|80px|alt=The Larkin Trail in Whittemore Glen State Park in Naugatuck Connecticut.]] |Horseback riding, hiking |- ! scope="row"|[[Windsor Meadows State Park]] |[[Windsor, Connecticut|Windsor]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]] |{{convert|155|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1968 |[[Connecticut River]] |[[File:Bissell Bridge in Windsor CT.JPG|center|80px]] | Boat launch, fishing, bicycling |- ! scope="row"|[[Wooster Mountain State Park]] |[[Danbury, Connecticut|Danbury]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|444|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1920 | |[[File:Wooster Mountain State Park.jpg|center|80px|alt=Forest trail]] |Skeet, trap and target shooting, hunting |} ==Connecticut state park trails== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Name ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Towns ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Counties ! style="width:*;" colspan=2 | Length ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Estab- lished ! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Image ! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Remarks |- ! mi ! km |- ! scope="row"|[[Air Line State Park Trail|Air Line <br>State Park Trail]] |[[East Hampton, Connecticut|East Hampton]], [[Colchester, Connecticut|Colchester]], [[Hebron, Connecticut|Hebron]], [[Columbia, Connecticut|Columbia]], [[Lebanon, Connecticut|Lebanon]], [[Windham, Connecticut|Windham]], [[Chaplin, Connecticut|Chaplin]], [[Hampton, Connecticut|Hampton]], [[Pomfret, Connecticut|Pomfret]], [[Putnam, Connecticut|Putnam]], [[Thompson, Connecticut|Thompson]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]],<br> [[New London County, Connecticut|New London]],<br> [[Tolland County, Connecticut|Tolland]],<br> [[Windham County, Connecticut|Windham]] |{{convert|50|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1969 |[[File:Pine Acres Lake View Trail intersection with Airline Trail northeast of Black Spruce Pond in Hampton, CT..jpg|center|80px|alt=A trail intersection with bare trees and dead leaves.]] | Nearly fifty miles of converted rail-trail |- ! scope="row"|[[Farmington Canal State Park Trail|Farmington Canal <br>State Park Trail]] |[[Cheshire, Connecticut|Cheshire]], [[Hamden, Connecticut|Hamden]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|5.5|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on}} | |[[File:Farmington_canal_lock_12.jpg|center|70px|alt=Stone canal lock]] |Part of the [[Farmington Canal Trail]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Hop River State Park Trail|Hop River <br>State Park Trail]] |[[Andover, Connecticut|Andover]], [[Bolton, Connecticut|Bolton]], [[Columbia, Connecticut|Columbia]], [[Coventry, Connecticut|Coventry]], [[Manchester, Connecticut|Manchester]], [[Vernon, Connecticut|Vernon]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]], [[Tolland County, Connecticut|Tolland]] |{{convert|19|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on}} | |[[File:Bolton_Notch_Tunnel.jpg|center|80px|alt=Tunnel opening onto trees and dog-walker]] ||Nineteen miles of rail-trail from [[Manchester, Connecticut|Manchester]] to [[Willimantic, Connecticut|Willimantic]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Larkin State Park Trail|Larkin <br>State Park Trail]] |[[Southbury, Connecticut|Southbury]], [[Oxford, Connecticut|Oxford]], [[Middlebury, Connecticut|Middlebury]], [[Naugatuck, Connecticut|Naugatuck]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|10|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1943 |[[File:LarkinStateParkTrail-MiddleburyCT.JPG|center|80px|alt=LarkinStateParkTrail-MiddleburyCT]] |Ten-mile-long rail-trail |- ! scope="row"|[[Moosup Valley State Park Trail|Moosup Valley <br>State Park Trail]] |[[Plainfield, Connecticut|Plainfield]], [[Sterling, Connecticut|Sterling]] |[[Windham County, Connecticut|Windham]] |{{convert|6|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1987 |[[File:BrunswickDam on Moosup River MoosupValleyStateParkTrail-PlainfieldCT.jpg|center|80px|alt=River view]] |Six miles of rail-trail |- ! scope="row"|[[Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail|Windsor Locks Canal <br>State Park Trail]] |[[Windsor Locks, Connecticut|Windsor Locks]], [[Suffield, Connecticut|Suffield]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]] |{{convert|4.5|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on}} | |[[File:Windsor Locks Canal Trail Suffield North Trailhead Looking South.jpg|center|80px|alt=Windsor Locks Canal Trail Suffield North Trailhead Looking South]] | 4.5 mile bike trail, fishing along the canal |- |} ==Connecticut state forests== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Name ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Town ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | County ! style="width:*;" colspan=2 | Area<ref name=pristaff/> ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Estab- lished ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | River / lake / other ! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Image ! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Remarks |- ! acres ! ha |- ! scope="row"|[[Algonquin State Forest]] |[[Colebrook, Connecticut|Colebrook]], [[Winchester, Connecticut|Winchester]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|2987|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1937 |Sandy Brook | |Hiking, hunting, fishing, bird watching |- ! scope="row"|[[American Legion State Forest]] |[[Barkhamsted, Connecticut|Barkhamsted]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|893|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1927 |[[Farmington River]] |[[File:AmericanLegionSPTrails CheeseboxRuins.jpg|center|80px|alt=Forest with foundation stones in winter]] |Adjacent to [[Peoples State Forest]]; hiking, camping, boating, nature center |- ! scope="row"|[[Camp Columbia State Park/State Forest]] | [[Morris, Connecticut|Morris]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|601|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |2000 | |[[File:Camp Columbia State Park Class Of 1906 Tower.jpg|center|80px|alt=Camp Columbia State Park Class Of 1906 Tower]] |Historic college campus; hiking, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[Centennial Watershed State Forest]] |[[Redding, Connecticut|Redding]], [[Easton, Connecticut|Easton]], [[Newtown, Connecticut|Newtown]], [[Weston, Connecticut|Weston]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|15370|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |2002 |[[Saugatuck Reservoir]] |[[File:Saugatuck Reservoir from the Saugatuck Trail in Centennial Watershed State Forest.jpg|center|80px|alt=Saugatuck Reservoir from the Saugatuck Trail in Centennial Watershed State Forest]] |Hiking, hunting, fishing |- ! scope="row"|[[Cockaponset State Forest]] |[[Haddam, Connecticut|Haddam]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|17186|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1926 |Pattaconk Lake |[[File:CockaponsetSF-Pine-Ledge-Road.jpg|center|80px|alt=Forested trail in winter]] |Swimming, fishing, trails |- ! scope="row"|[[Enders State Forest]] |[[Granby, Connecticut|Granby]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]] |{{convert|2105|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1970 | |[[File:Ender falls, connecticut (26894310517).jpg|80px|alt=Ender Falls]] |Hiking, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[Housatonic State Forest]] |[[Sharon, Connecticut|Sharon]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|10894|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1927 | |[[File:Iron Trail In Housatonic SF to Canaan Mtn Rd IMG 0182.2014-05-03 140404.jpg|center|80px|alt=Iron Trail In Housatonic SF to Canaan Mtn Rd]] |[[Appalachian Trail]] |- ! scope="row"|[[James L. Goodwin State Forest]] |[[Hampton, Connecticut|Hampton]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|2003|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1964 |Pine Acres Pond |[[File:James Goodwin State Forest Pine Acres Lake Observation Deck at Boat Launch.jpg|center|80px|alt=James Goodwin State Forest Pine Acres Lake Observation Deck at Boat Launch]] |[[Air Line State Park Trail]], boat launch, Conservation Education Center, youth group camping, [[Natchaug Trail]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Massacoe State Forest]] |[[Simsbury, Connecticut|Simsbury]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]] |{{convert|503|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1908 |Great Pond |[[File:Great Pond, Simsbury CT.jpg|center|80px]] |Bike trail |- ! scope="row"|[[Mattatuck State Forest]] |[[Waterbury, Connecticut|Waterbury]], [[Plymouth, Connecticut|Plymouth]], [[Thomaston, Connecticut|Thomaston]], [[Watertown, Connecticut|Watertown]], [[Litchfield, Connecticut|Litchfield]], [[Harwinton, Connecticut|Harwinton]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|4673|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1925 | |[[File:BBHTJerichoTrailCranesLookoutView3.jpg|center|80px|alt=Forested landscape]] |Twenty different parcels; [[Hancock Brook Trail]], [[Whitestone Cliffs Trail]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Meshomasic State Forest]] |[[East Hampton, Connecticut|East Hampton]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|9026|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1903 | |[[File:CT_River_from_Great_Hill.JPG|center|80px|alt=Landscape with river bends]] |Fishing, hiking, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[Mohawk State Forest]] |[[Cornwall, Connecticut|Cornwall]], [[Goshen, Connecticut|Goshen]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|3743|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1921 |Mohawk Pond |[[File:MohawkStateForest.jpg|center|80px|alt=Mountain vista]] |Adjoins Mohawk Mountain State Park; lookout tower, pond and stream fishing, youth group camping, skiing |- ! scope="row"|[[Mohegan State Forest]] |[[Scotland, Connecticut|Scotland]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]] |{{convert|956|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1960 | |[[Image:MoheganSF 2.jpg|center|80px]] |Hiking, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[Nassahegon State Forest]] |[[Burlington, Connecticut|Burlington]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]] |{{convert|1227|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1942 | |[[File:Tunxis "White-Dot" Blue-Blazed hiking trail near Bradley Brook and CT Route 4 in Nassahegon State Forest (Burlington, Connecticut).jpg|center|80px|alt=Tunxis "White-Dot" Blue-Blazed hiking trail near Bradley Brook and CT Route 4 in Nassahegon State Forest (Burlington, Connecticut)]] |Fish hatchery; hunting, hiking, bird watching |- ! scope="row"|[[Natchaug State Forest]] |[[Eastford, Connecticut|Eastford]] |[[Windham County, Connecticut|Windham]] |{{convert|13438|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1917 |[[Natchaug River]] ||[[File:Remains_of_old_mill_dam_on_Beaverdam_Brook_taken_from_northern_end_of_foot_bridge..jpg|center|70px|alt=Forested brook]] |[[Natchaug Trail]]; hiking, horseback riding, camping |- ! scope="row"|[[Nathan Hale State Forest]] |[[Andover, Connecticut|Andover]] |[[Tolland County, Connecticut|Tolland]] |{{convert|1455|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1946 | |[[File:Nathan Hale State Forest, Coventry CT.jpg|80px|alt=Nathan Hale State Forest road]] |Hiking, hunting |- ! scope="row"|[[Naugatuck State Forest]] |[[Cheshire, Connecticut|Cheshire]], [[Hamden, Connecticut|Hamden]], [[Naugatuck, Connecticut|Naugatuck]], [[Oxford, Connecticut|Oxford]], [[Beacon Falls, Connecticut|Beacon Falls]] |[[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] |{{convert|4153|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1921 |[[Naugatuck River]] |[[File:NaugatuckSFWestBlockNorthCT8AndRiver.JPG|center|80px|alt=Mountain vista with highway]] |Includes the [[Naugatuck Trail]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Nehantic State Forest]] |[[Lyme, Connecticut|Lyme]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|5062|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1925 |Norwich Pond, Uncas Lake |[[Image:NehanticSF NorwichPond.jpg|center|80px]] |Boating, swimming, hiking |- ! scope="row"|[[Nepaug State Forest]] |[[New Hartford, Connecticut|New Hartford]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|1373|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1927 | |[[Image:Farmington River Bank And River Road In Nepaug State Forest.jpg|center|80px]] |Hiking, biking, fishing, camping |- ! scope="row"|[[Nipmuck State Forest]] |[[Union, Connecticut|Union]] |[[Tolland County, Connecticut|Tolland]] |{{convert|9209|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1905 |[[Breakneck Pond]] |[[File:SouthernBreakneckPondonNipmuckTrailfacingnorth.jpg|center|80px|alt=Frozen pond]] | Adjoins [[Bigelow Hollow State Park]], features [[Kalmia latifolia|Mountain Laurel]] Sanctuary, [[Nipmuck Trail]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Nye-Holman State Forest]] |[[Tolland, Connecticut|Tolland]] |[[Tolland County, Connecticut|Tolland]] |{{convert|787|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1931 |[[Willimantic River]] |[[File:Nye Holman State Forest, Tolland CT.jpg|center|80px]] |Fishing, hiking, youth group camping |- ! scope="row"|[[Pachaug State Forest]] |[[Voluntown, Connecticut|Voluntown]], [[Griswold, Connecticut|Griswold]], [[Plainfield, Connecticut|Plainfield]], [[Sterling, Connecticut|Sterling]], [[North Stonington, Connecticut|North Stonington]], [[Preston, Connecticut|Preston]] |[[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|28804|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1928 |[[Pachaug River]] |[[File:Nehantic_Trail_-_Rhododendron_Sanctuary_Trail_planked_wooden_boardwalk_section.jpg|center|70px|alt=Forested boardwalk]] |Camping, boating, horseback riding, youth group camping, motorcycle trail |- ! scope="row"|[[Paugnut State Forest]] |[[Torrington, Connecticut|Torrington]], [[Winchester, Connecticut|Winchester]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|1644|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1929 | |[[File:Paugnut State Forest's hills in autumn viewed from the north-east shore of Burr Pond.jpg|center|80px|alt=Paugnut State Forest's hills in autumn viewed from the north-east shore of Burr Pond]] |Spread out over four locations; abuts [[Burr Pond State Park|Burr Pond]] and [[Sunnybrook State Park|Sunnybrook]] state parks |- ! scope="row"|[[Paugussett State Forest]] |[[Newtown, Connecticut|Newtown]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|1947|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} | |[[Housatonic River]] |[[File:LillinonahTrail PondBrookInlet.JPG|center|80px|alt=LillinonahTrail PondBrookInlet]] |Boat launch, fishing, hiking, mountain biking |- ! scope="row"|[[Peoples State Forest]] |[[Barkhamsted, Connecticut|Barkhamsted]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|3059|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1924 |[[Farmington River]] |[[Image:PeoplesStateForest Museum.jpg|center|80px]] |Adjacent to [[American Legion State Forest]]; Barkhamsted Lighthouse |- ! scope="row"|[[Pootatuck State Forest]] |[[New Fairfield, Connecticut|New Fairfield]] |[[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] |{{convert|1103|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} | |Squantz Pond |[[File:Squantz Pond and Candlewood Lake from scenic outlook on Pootatuck State Forest Blue Trail.jpg|center|80px|alt=Squantz Pond and Candlewood Lake from scenic outlook on Pootatuck State Forest Blue Trail]] |Access is through [[Squantz Pond State Park]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Quaddick State Forest]] |[[Thompson, Connecticut|Thompson]] |[[Windham County, Connecticut|Windham]] |{{convert|1109|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} | |Quaddick Reservoir | |Youth group camping |- ! scope="row"|[[Salmon River State Forest]] |[[Hebron, Connecticut|Hebron]], [[Marlborough, Connecticut|Marlborough]], [[Colchester, Connecticut|Colchester]], [[East Haddam, Connecticut|East Haddam]], [[East Hampton, Connecticut|East Hampton]] |[[Middlesex County, Connecticut|Middlesex]], [[New London County, Connecticut|New London]] |{{convert|6905|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1934 |[[Salmon River (Connecticut)|Salmon River]] |[[File:BBHTSalmonRiverFromTrailUpRiverFromBridge.jpg|center|80px|alt=Winter forest vista with river]] |Features [[Comstock's Bridge]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Shenipsit State Forest]] |[[Stafford, Connecticut|Stafford]], [[Somers, Connecticut|Somers]], [[Ellington, Connecticut|Ellington]] |[[Tolland County, Connecticut|Tolland]] |{{convert|6962|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1927 | |[[File:View_from_Soapstone_Mountain_summit_lookout_tower_in_Connecticut%27s_Shenipsit_State_Forest..JPG|center|80px|alt=Forest vista with rising mist]] | Features 11 parcels spread over nearly 7,000 acres, [[Shenipsit Trail]], [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] Museum |- ! scope="row"|[[Topsmead State Forest]] |[[Litchfield, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|615|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1972 | |[[Image:TOPSMEAD, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CT.jpg|center|80px]] |Features [[historic house museum]] estate of Edith Morton Chase |- ! scope="row"|[[Tunxis State Forest]] |[[Hartland, Connecticut|East Hartland]], [[Granby, Connecticut|Granby]] |[[Hartford County, Connecticut|Hartford]] |{{convert|5519|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1923 |[[Barkhamsted Reservoir]] |[[File:Massachusetts-Connecticut border marker on northern border of Tunxis State Forest in Hartland (near northern end of Pell Road.jpg|center|80px|alt=Massachusetts-Connecticut border marker on northern border of Tunxis State Forest in Hartland (near northern end of Pell Road]] |Meets [[Granville State Forest]] in [[Massachusetts]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Wyantenock State Forest]] |[[Cornwall, Connecticut|Cornwall]], [[Kent, Connecticut|Kent]], [[Warren, Connecticut|Warren]] |[[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] |{{convert|4083|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}} |1925 | | |Nine different parcels, none developed for recreation |} ==Connecticut Wildlife Management Areas== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Name ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Town ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | County ! style="width:*;" colspan=2 | Area<ref name=pristaff/> ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Established ! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | River / lake / other ! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Image ! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Remarks |- ! acres ! ha |- ! scope="row"|[[Aldo Leopold Wildlife Management Area]] |Southbury |New Haven |554 |224 | |Housatonic River, Lake Lillinonah | |Forest. Limited off-road parking available on Kuhne, Purchase Brook, Little York and East Flat Hill roads. |- ! scope="row"|[[Assekonk Swamp Wildlife Management Area]] |North Stonington |New London |963 |280 | |Assekonk Swamp | |Swamp. Limited off-road parking available off CT-184. |- ! scope="row"|[[Babcock Pond Wildlife Management Area]] |East Haddam, Colchester |Middlesex, New London |1524 |617 | |Babcock Pond | |Swamp, forest, pond. Parking off Myles Standish Road, |- ! scope="row"|[[Barber Pond Wildlife Management Area]] |Bloomfield, Windsor |Hartford |72 |29 | |Barber Pond | |Wetlands. Access via CT-305 (Old Windsor Road). |- ! scope="row"|[[Barn Island Wildlife Management Area]] |Stonington |New London |1013 |410 | |Little Narragansett Bay | |Marshes. Parking at the Barn Island Boat Launch and South East Parking. |- ! scope="row"|[[Bartlett Brook Wildlife Management Area]] |Lebanon |New London |687 |278 | |Bartlett Brook and Exeter Brook. | |Streams. Stone foundations. Fields. Trails. |- ! scope="row"|[[Bear Hill Wildlife Management Area]] |Bozrah |New London |364 |147 | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Belding Wildlife Management Area]] |Vernon |Tolland |282 |114 | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Bishops Swamp Wildlife Management Area]] |Andover, Hebron |Tolland |719 |291 | | | | |- ! scope="row"|Black Pond Wildlife Management Area |Middlefield, Meriden |Middlesex, New Haven |68 |28 | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area]] |Groton |New London |201 |81 | | | |Swamps, streams, forest, glacial erratics, quarries and 44 acre pitch pine grove. |- ! scope="row"|[[Cedar Swamp Wildlife Management Area]] |New Hartford, Torrington |Litchfield |275 |111 | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area]] |Milford |New Haven |625 |253 |1955 |[[Housatonic River]], [[Long Island Sound]] |[[File:Swans at high tide in Charles E. Wheeler WMA - zoom.jpg|center|80px|alt=Swans at high tide in Charles E. Wheeler WMA]] | |- ! scope="row"|[[Charter Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary]] |Tolland |Tolland |240 |97 | |Skungamaug Marsh (lake) and Skungamaug River. | |Marsh, River, Pond. |- ! scope="row"|[[Cromwell Meadows Wildlife Management Area]] |Cromwell, Middletown |Middlesex |496 |201 | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Durham Meadows Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[East River Marsh Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[East Swamp Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Eightmile River Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Franklin Wildlife Management Area]] |[[North Franklin, Connecticut|North Franklin]] |New London | | | | | |[http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2690&q=322412&deepNav_GID=1511#FranklinWMA website] |- ! scope="row"|[[Goshen Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Great Harbor Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Higganum Meadows Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Housatonic River Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[King's Island Coop Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Kollar Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Larson Lot Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Little River Fish and Wildlife Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Lord's Cove Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Maromas Coop Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Meadow Brook Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Menunketesuck Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Messerschmidt Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Newgate Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Nod Brook Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Nott Island Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Pease Brook Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Plum Bank Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Quinebaug River Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Quinnipiac River Marsh Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Ragged Rock Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Raymond Brook Marsh Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Robbins Swamp Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Roger Tory Peterson Wildlife Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Roraback Wildlife Management Area]] |Harwinton |Litchfield |1976 |800 | |Leadmine Brook | |Fields, Swamps, Ponds. |- ! scope="row"|[[Rose Hill Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Ross Marsh Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Salmon River Cove and Haddam Neck Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area]] |Burlington |Hartford | | | | |[[File:Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Tree ID Trail.jpg|center|80px|alt=Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area Tree ID Trail]] |[http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2723&q=326220&deepNav_GID=1655 website], includes the Sessions Woods Conservation Education Center with an exhibit area and a meeting room, interpretive trails, habitat management demonstration areas, and a backyard wildlife habitat area, [http://www.fosw.org/ Friends site], [http://burlingtonct.us/visitors/sessions-woods.php Town of Burlington information] |- ! scope="row"|[[Simsbury Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Skiff Mountain Coop Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[James V. Spignesi Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Stanley Works Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Suffield Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Talbot Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Tankerhoosen Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Wangunk Meadows Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Wopowog Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |- ! scope="row"|[[Zemko Pond Wildlife Management Area]] | | | | | | | | |} ==Other state areas== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" ! style="width:*;" scope="col"| Name ! style="width:*;" scope="col"| Town ! style="width:*;" scope="col"| County ! style="width:*;" scope="col"| Established ! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" scope="col"| Remarks |- ! scope="row"|[[Burlington Trout Hatchery]] |[[Burlington, Connecticut|Burlington]] |Hartford |1923 |[http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2690&q=322412&deepNav_GID=1511#BurlTrout website], [http://burlingtonct.us/visitors/dep-fish-hatchery.php information], located within [[Nassahegon State Forest]] |- ! scope="row"|[[Quinebaug Valley Trout Hatchery]] |[[Plainfield, Connecticut|Plainfield]] |Windham | |[http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2690&q=322412&deepNav_GID=1511#Quinebaug website], [http://burlingtonct.us/visitors/dep-fish-hatchery.php information] |- |} ==See also== *[[List of U.S. national parks]] ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name=pristaff>{{cite web |url=http://www.cga.ct.gov/pri/docs/2013/State%20Parks%20and%20Forests%20Funding%20Staff%20Findings%20and%20Recommendations%20.pdf |title=Appendix A: List of State Parks and Forests |work=State Parks and Forests: Funding |series=Staff Findings and Recommendations |publisher=Connecticut General Assembly |date=January 23, 2014 |pages=A–1 – A–4 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> }} ==External links== {{Commons category|State parks of Connecticut}} *[http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325086 Connecticut State Parks and Forests] Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection {{Protected Areas of Connecticut}} {{Lists of state parks by U.S. state|expanded}} {{Connecticut|expanded}} [[Category:State parks of Connecticut| ]] [[Category:Lists of state parks of the United States|Connecticut state parks]] [[Category:Connecticut geography-related lists|State parks]]
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