Lake Waramaug State Park

{{Short description|State park in Connecticut, United States}}

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| name = Lake Waramaug State Park

| photo = LakeWaureganSP and MountBushnellSP.jpg

| photo_caption = Lake Waramaug with Mount Bushnell
in the distance

| photo_width = 280

| photo_alt = Lake

| map = USA Connecticut#USA

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| label = Lake Waramaug State Park

| location = Kent, Connecticut, United States

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| coordinates = {{coord|41|42|23|N|73|22|57|W|display=inline,title}}

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| area = {{convert|95|acre|abbr=on}}

| elevation = {{convert|692|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite gnis|211809|Lake Waramaug}}

| established = 1920

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| designation = Connecticut state park

| administrator = Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

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Lake Waramaug State Park is a {{convert|95|acre|adj=on}} public recreation area located on the northwest shore of Lake Waramaug in the town of Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The state park's first {{convert|75|acre}} were purchased by the state in 1920. The park offers swimming, fishing, picnicking, camping, and a launch for car-top boating and canoeing.

References

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{{cite web |url=https://ctparks.com/parks/lake-waramaug-state-park |title=Lake Waramaug State Park |publisher=Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection |access-date=August 19, 2024}}

{{cite web |url=https://portal.ct.gov/deep/boating/boat-launches/waramaug-lake-boat-launch |title=Waramaug Lake Boat Launch |publisher=Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection |date=January 25, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2024}}

{{cite report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tNxWAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA16 |title=Report of the State Park and Forest Commission to the Governor 1926 |publisher=State of Connecticut |location=Hartford, Conn. |date=December 30, 1926 |page=16 |access-date=November 18, 2016}}

{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PIwjQeh-Ke4C&pg=PA178 |title=Manhattan to Minisink: American Indian Place Names of Greater New York and Vicinity |last=Grumet |first=Robert S. |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |location=Norman, Okla. |date=2013 |page=178 |isbn=978-0-8061-8913-0}}

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