Connecticut State Parks, Forests and National Parks

Go boating, backpacking, fishing, camping, horseback riding, hunting, ice skating, picnicking, scuba diving, cross country skiing, snowmobiling, swimming, biking, mountain biking, hiking or just enjoy nature. Each park is different and therefore offers different outdoor activities.

If you want to hunt or fish be sure to check to make sure it is allowed and have all proper licenses and obey restrictions.

There are over 49 Connecticut State parks. A State Park is located in Bloomfield, Colchester, Derby, Durham, East Haddam, east Hampton, Griswold, Groton, Haddam, Hebron, Kent, Killingworth, Litchfield, Lyme, Madison, Masfield, Middlefield, New London, Niantic, Norfolk, North Canaan, Redding, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Torrington, Westport and other Connecticut towns and cities.

The West Thompson Lake Federal Park is located at North Grosvenordale off Rt. 12.

The Weir Farm Historic Site National Parks is located at Wilton near Rt. 102.

There are 10 Connecticut State Forests. A state forest is located in Barkhamsted, Colchester, Cornwall, Eastford, Ellington, Haddam, Litchfield, Union and Voluntown.

State Forests list

• American Legion State forest - off Rt 20 or 318
  Barkhamsted
• Cockaponset State Forest on Rt. 148
  Haddam
• Mohawk State Forest - on Rt4
  Cornwall
• Natchaug State Forest - on Rt 198
  Eastford
• Nipmuck State Forest - on rt. 190
  Union
• Pachaug State Forest On Rt. 49
  Voluntown
• Peoples State Forest - off Rt. 20 or 318
  Barkhamsted
• Salmon River State Forest - off Rt. 149
  Colchester
• Shenipsit State Forest off Rt. 190
  Ellington
• Topsmead State Forest off Rt. 118
  Litchfield

Connecticut State Parks

• Bigelow Hollow State Park on Rt. 171
  Union
• Black Rock State Park on Rt. 6
  Watertown
• Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument State Park off Rt 44
  North Canaan
• Bluff Point Coastal Reserve State Park off Rt. 1 on Depot Rd
  Groton
• Burr Pond State Park on Old Rt. 8
  Torrington
• Chatfield Hollow State Park on Rt. 80
  Killingworth
• Collis P. Huntington State Parkoff Rt. 158 on sunset Hill
  Redding
• Day Pond State Park off Rt. 149
  Colchester
• Dennis Hill State Park on Rt. 272
  Norfolk
• Devil's Hopyard off Rt. 82
  East Haddam
• Dinosaur State Park I-91Exit 23 on West St
  Rocky Hill
• Fort Griswold State Park- I-95 Exit 85
  Groton
• Fort Trumbull State Park off Rt. 213
  New London
• Gay City State Park on Rt. 85
  Hebron
• Gillette Castle State Park on Rt. 82
  East Haddam
• Haley Farm State Park off Rt. 215
  Groton
• Haddam Meadows State Park off Rt. 9A
  Haddam
• Hammonasset Beach State Park- I-95 Exit 62
  Madison
• Harkness Memorial State Park on Rt. 213
  Waterford
• Haystack Mountain State Park on Rt. 272
  Norfolk
• Hopeville Pond State Park on Rt. 201
  Griswold
• Hosatonic Meadows State Park on Rt. 7
  Sharon
• Hurd State Park on Rt. 151
  East Hampton
• Indian Well State Park on Rt. 110
  Shelton
• John A. Minetto State Park on Rt. 272
  Torrington
• Kent Falls State Park on Rt. 7
  Kent
• Kettletown State Park off Rt. 6
  Southbury
• Lake Waramaug State park on Rt. 478
  Kent
• Macedonia Brook State Park off Rt. 341
  Kent
• Mansfield Hollow State Park off Rt. 89 or 195
  Mansfield
• Mashamoquet Brook State Park on Rt. 44
  Pomfret
• Millers Pond State Park on Rt. 148 in Cockaponsett State Forest
  Durham
• Mt. Tom State Park off Rt 202
  Litchfield
• Osborndale State Park off RT. 34
  Derby
• Penwood State Park on Rt. 185
  Bloomfield
• Putnam Memorial State Park on Rt. 58
  Redding
• Quaddick State Park off Rt. 44
  Thompson
• Rocky Neck State Park off Rt. 156
  Niantic
• Sleeping Giant State Park off RT. 10
  Hamden
• Selden Neck State Park only accessible via water
  Lyme
• Sherwood Island State Park I-95 Exit 18
  Westport
• Silver Sands State Park off 162
  Milford
• Squantz Pond State Park on Rt. 39
  New Fairfield
• Southford Falls State Park on Rt. 188
  Oxford
• Stratton Brook State Park on Rt. 305
  Simsbury
• Talcott Mountain State Park on Rt. 185
  Simsbury
• Wharton Brook State Park on Rt. 5
  Wallingford
• West Rock Ridge State Park off Rt. 10
  Hamden and New Haven
• Wadsworth Falls State Park on Rt. 157
  Middlefield