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List of Connecticut state parks

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{{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}}

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This is a list of state parks, 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 forests, 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.{{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}}

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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

! 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

|Litchfield

|{{convert|31|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1927

|

|File:AboveAllSP1.jpg

|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

|Farmland gifted to state

scope="row"|Beaver Brook State Park

| Chaplin, Windham

|Windham

|{{convert|401|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1955

|Bibbins Pond

|File:BeaverBrookSP_3.jpg

|Fishing; abuts Air Line State Park Trail

scope="row"|Becket Hill State Park Reserve

| Lyme

|New London

|{{convert|260|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1961

|Uncas Pond

|File:NehanticSF_UncasPond_and_BeckettHillSP.jpg

| Adjacent to Nehantic State Forest

scope="row"|Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument

|North Canaan

|Litchfield

|{{convert|12|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1946

|

|File:Industrial_Monument,_Beckley_Furnace.JPG

|Historic iron-making furnace dating from 1847

scope="row"|Bennett's Pond State Park

| Ridgefield, Danbury

|Fairfield

|{{convert|460|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2002

|

|File:Bennett's Pond Park.jpg

|Former estate and nursery called Outpost Farm

scope="row"|Bigelow Hollow State Park

|Union

|Tolland

|{{convert|516|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1949

|Bigelow Pond,
Mashapaug Lake

|File:Bigelow_pond_9.6.2005.jpg

|Adjoins Nipmuck State Forest and borders Mashapaug Lake; boat launch, swimming

scope="row"|Black Rock State Park

|Watertown

|Litchfield

|{{convert|444|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1926

|Black Rock Pond

|File:Black_rock_panorama.jpg

|Camping, pond fishing, Mattatuck Trail

scope="row"|Bluff Point State Park

|Groton

|New London

|{{convert|806|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1963

|Long Island Sound

|File:BluffPointSP IMG 1527.jpg

|Ocean access, boat launch; near Haley Farm State Park

scope="row"|Bolton Notch State Park

| Bolton

|Tolland

|{{convert|95|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1918

|

|

|Rock climbing

scope="row"|Brainard Homestead State Park

|East Haddam

|Middlesex

|{{convert|25|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1929

|

|File:EastHaddamCT_BrainardHomesteadSP.jpg

|Undeveloped

scope="row"|Burr Pond State Park

|Torrington

|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

|Boating, fishing, swimming

scope="row"|Camp Columbia State Park/State Forest

| Morris

|Litchfield

|{{convert|600|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2000

|

|File:Camp Columbia State Park Class Of 1906 Tower.jpg

|Former rural campus of Columbia University Engineering Department

scope="row"|Campbell Falls State Park Reserve

|Norfolk

|Litchfield

|{{convert|102|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1923

|Whiting River

|File:CampbellFalls IMG 0861.jpg

|On the Massachusetts border

scope="row"|Chatfield Hollow State Park

|Killingworth

|Middlesex

|{{convert|412|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1949

|

|File:Chatfield_Hollow_State_Park_-_%22Paul_F._Wildermann_Boardwalk%22..jpg

|Swimming, fishing

scope="row"|Collis P. Huntington State Park

|Redding, Newtown, Bethel

|Fairfield

|{{convert|878|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1973

|

|File:HuntingtonBears.jpg

|Former estate with ponds for fishing and canoeing and multipurpose trails

scope="row"|Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park

|Essex

|Middlesex

|{{convert|136|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1969

|

|File:Valley Railroad 97 in Essex, December 2004.jpg

|Essex Steam Train from Essex to Chester up the Connecticut River valley

scope="row"|Dart Island State Park

|Middletown

|Middlesex

|{{convert|19|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1918

|Connecticut River

|File:Dart Island SP Cove 1197.2015-05-17 182416.JPG

|Accessible by water only

scope="row"|Day Pond State Park

|Colchester

|New London

|{{convert|180|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1949

|Day Pond

|File:DayPondSP PondView.jpg

|Swimming, pond fishing

scope="row"|Dennis Hill State Park

|Norfolk

|Litchfield

|{{convert|240|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1935

|

|File:DennisHillSP IMG 0881.jpg

|Former estate with hiking, picnicking and scenic views

scope="row"|Devil's Hopyard State Park

|East Haddam

|Middlesex

|{{convert|860|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1919

|Eightmile River

|File:Devils_Hopyard_Small_Falls_Kevin_Pepin.jpg

|Historic millsite with camping, stream fishing, waterfall

scope="row"|Dinosaur State Park

|Rocky Hill

|Hartford

|{{convert|60|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1968

|

|File:Dinosaur_State_Park_(Rocky_Hill,_CT)_-_dome.JPG

|Natural history museum, arboretum

scope="row"|Eagle Landing State Park

|Haddam

|Middlesex

|{{convert|16|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2003

|Connecticut River

|Image:RiverQuest, Eagle Landing State Park, Haddam CT.jpg

|Boat dock, fishing pier, winter eagle viewing

scope="row"|Farm River State Park

|East Haven

|New Haven

|{{convert|61|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1998

|Farm River

|File:Farm_River_Connecticut_State_Park_Quinnipiac_University_Boat_Docks.JPG

|Boat launch, fishing

scope="row"|Ferry Landing State Park

|Old Lyme

|New London

|{{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|Unknown

|Connecticut River

|Image:RiverQuest, Eagle Landing State Park, Haddam CT.jpg

|Boat launch, fishing, Crabbing

scope="row"|Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park

|Groton

|New London

|{{convert|16|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1953

|Thames River

|File:FortGriswold_wiki.JPG

|Site of the 1781 massacre led by Benedict Arnold; American Revolutionary War museum and artifacts

scope="row"|Fort Trumbull State Park

|New London

|New London

|{{convert|16|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2000

|Long Island Sound

|File:FT._TRUMBULL,_NEW_LONDON,_CT.jpg

|19th-century fort with museum, fishing pier

scope="row"|Gardner Lake State Park

|Salem

|New London

|{{convert|10|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2001

|Gardner Lake

|File:Gardner Lake, Salem CT.jpg

|Boating, fishing, swimming

scope="row"|Gay City State Park

|Hebron

|Tolland

|{{convert|1569|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1944

|Blackledge River

|File:Gay_City_Connecticut_State_Park_Split_Rock_Formation.JPG

|Former mill-town ruins; pond fishing, swimming, youth group camping; bordered by Meshomasic State Forest

scope="row"|George Dudley Seymour State Park

|Haddam

|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

|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

|Middlesex

|{{convert|184|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1943

|Connecticut River

|File:Gillette_Castle.jpg

|Castle house museum; boat camping

scope="row"|Haddam Island State Park

|Haddam

|Middlesex

|{{convert|14|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1944

|Connecticut River

|

|Accessible only by boat

scope="row"|Haddam Meadows State Park

|Haddam

|Middlesex

|{{convert|175|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1944

|Connecticut River

|File:HaddamMeadowsSP Entrance.jpg

|Boating, fishing

scope="row"|Haley Farm State Park

|Groton

|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

|Bike trail, near Bluff Point State Park

scope="row"|Hammonasset Beach State Park

|Madison

|New Haven

|{{convert|919|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1920

|

|File:Hammonasset_sunset.JPG

|Beach, swimming, fishing, camping, nature center, carry-in boating

scope="row"|Harkness Memorial State Park

|Waterford

|New London

|{{convert|116|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1952

|Long Island Sound

|File:HarknessAerial.jpg

|42-room mansion museum, formal gardens, fishing

scope="row"|Haystack Mountain State Park

|Norfolk

|Litchfield

|{{convert|292|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1917

|

|File:HaystackMountainSP IMG 0833.JPG

|Observation tower

scope="row"|Higganum Reservoir State Park

|Haddam

|Middlesex

|{{convert|147|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1955

|Higganum Reservoir

|File:Higganum Reservoir, Higganum CT.jpg

|Car-top boating, fishing, hunting

scope="row"|Hopemead State Park

|Bozrah, Montville

|New London

|{{convert|70|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1954

|Gardner Lake

|File:Hopemead State Park entrance, Bozrah CT.jpg

|Fishing, hiking

scope="row"|Hopeville Pond State Park

|Griswold

|New London

|{{convert|544|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1938

|Pachaug River

|File:Beach, Hopeville Pond, Griswold CT.jpg

|Camping, boating, swimming, pond fishing, field sports

scope="row"|Horse Guard State Park

|Avon

|Hartford

|{{convert|105|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1964

|

|File:Derrin House.JPG

|Undeveloped

scope="row"|Housatonic Meadows State Park

|Sharon

|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

|Camping, canoeing, fly fishing

scope="row"|Humaston Brook State Park

|Litchfield

|Litchfield

|{{convert|141|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1920

|

|

|Fishing

scope="row"|Hurd State Park

|East Hampton

|Middlesex

|{{convert|991|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1914

|Connecticut River

|File:HurdSP IMG 0250.JPG

|Boat camping, mountain biking, scenic views

scope="row"|Indian Well State Park

|Shelton

|Fairfield

|{{convert|153|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1928

|Lake Housatonic

|File:Indian_well_at_sunset.JPG

|Boating, swimming, fishing, waterfalls

scope="row"|John A. Minetto State Park

|Torrington

|Litchfield

|{{convert|715|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1965

|

|

|Pond and stream fishing, cross-country skiing

scope="row"|Kent Falls State Park

|Kent

|Litchfield

|{{convert|307|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1919

|Falls Brook

|File:KentFalls.JPG

|Waterfalls, replica covered bridge

scope="row"|Kettletown State Park

|Southbury

|New Haven

|{{convert|599|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1950

|Lake Zoar

|File:BBHTKettletownMillerTrail.jpg

|Camping, swimming, fishing

scope="row"|Killingly Pond State Park

|Killingly

|Windham

|{{convert|162|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|

|Killingly Pond

|File:Killingly Pond, Killingly CT.jpg

|Boating, fishing

scope="row"|Lake Waramaug State Park

|Kent

|Litchfield

|{{convert|95|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1920

|Lake Waramaug

|Image:LakeWaureganSP and MountBushnellSP.jpg

|Camping, car-top boating, swimming, fishing

scope="row"|Lamentation Mountain State Park

|Berlin

|Hartford

|{{convert|47|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1936

|

|File:Lamentation_Mountain_and_State_Park_viewed_from_Mattabesett_Trail_in_Guiffrida_Park..JPG

|Hiking, scenic vistas

scope="row"|Lovers Leap State Park

|New Milford

|Litchfield

|{{convert|127|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1971

|Housatonic River

|File:Lovers_Leap_State_Park_-_Connecticut.jpg

|Scenic river vistas

scope="row"|Macedonia Brook State Park

|Kent

|Litchfield

|{{convert|2300|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1918

|

|File:Macedonia State Park's Cobble Mountain summit with Catskill Mountains in background.JPG

|Camping, stream fishing

scope="row"|Machimoodus State Park

|East Haddam

|Middlesex

|{{convert|300|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1998

|Salmon River

|Image:EastHaddamCT MachimoodusSP 5.jpg

|Fishing, horseback riding

scope="row"|Mansfield Hollow State Park

|Mansfield

|Tolland

|{{convert|251|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1952

|Mansfield Hollow Lake

|File:USACE_Mansfield_Hollow_Lake.jpg

|Boating, fishing, field sports, mountain biking, cross-country skiing

scope="row"|Mashamoquet Brook State Park

|Pomfret

|Windham

|{{convert|917|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1924

|

|File:PomfretCT_MashamoquetBrookStatePark_Roadway.jpg

|Camping, swimming, stream fishing

scope="row"|Mianus River State Park

|Stamford

|Fairfield

|{{convert|94|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2001

|Mianus River

|File:Mianus_River_Park_-_Mianus_River_from_west_river_bank.JPG

|Biking, fishing, horseback riding

scope="row"|Millers Pond State Park

|Durham, Haddam

|Middlesex

|{{convert|280|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1955

|Millers Pond

|File:MillersPond.jpg

| Fishing, hunting, mountain biking

scope="row"|Minnie Island State Park

|Salem, Montville

|New London

|{{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1925

|Gardner Lake

|

|Boating, fishing, accessible only by boat

scope="row"|Mohawk Forest/Mohawk Mountain State Park

|Cornwall, Goshen, Litchfield

|Litchfield

|{{convert|4016|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1921

|

|File:MohawkStateForest.jpg

|Includes Mohawk Mountain Ski Area

scope="row"|Mono Pond State Park Reserve

|Columbia

|Tolland

|{{convert|218|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2008

|Mono Pond

|File:Mono Pond, Columbia CT.jpg

|Boating, fishing, hunting, cross-country skiing

scope="row"|Mooween State Park

|Lebanon

|New London

|{{convert|577|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1989

|Red Cedar Lake

|File:Red Cedar Lake, Lebanon CT.jpg

|Boating, fishing

scope="row"|Mount Bushnell State Park

|Washington

|Litchfield

|{{convert|214|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1916

|

|Image:LakeWaureganWithMountBushnell.jpg

|Hiking

scope="row"|Mount Riga State Park

|Salisbury

|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

|Hiking

scope="row"|Mount Tom State Park

|Litchfield, Washington, Morris

|Litchfield

|{{convert|231|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1915

|Mount Tom Pond

|File:2013-06-22 Mt. Tom State Park (37).JPG

|Historic lookout tower

Nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park

|Eastford

|Windham

|

|

|1920

|

|File:Nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park, Eastford CT.jpg

|Located in Natchaug State Forest

scope="row"|Old Furnace State Park

|Killingly

|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

|Site of an 18th-century iron furnace; hiking, boating, fishing, hunting

scope="row"|Osbornedale State Park

|Derby

|New Haven

|{{convert|350|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1956

|

|File:OsbournedaleSP Erratic.jpg

|Former Osbornedale Farms; hiking, pond fishing

scope="row"|Penwood State Park

|Bloomfield

|Hartford

|{{convert|787|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1944

|Lake Louise

|File:Lake_Louise_in_Penwood_State_Park_3,_2010-04-11.jpg

|Metacomet Trail, hiking, cross-country skiing

scope="row"|Platt Hill State Park

|Winchester

|Litchfield

|{{convert|159|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1960

|

|File:Fields_at_Platt_Hill_State_Park_02.JPG

|Scenic vistas

scope="row"|Pomeroy State Park

|Lebanon

|New London

|{{convert|200|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1953

|

|

|Undeveloped; hiking, hunting

scope="row"|Putnam Memorial State Park

|Bethel, Redding

|Fairfield

|{{convert|183|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1887

|Lake MdDougall

|File:Putnam Memorial State Park - entry gate.jpg

|American Revolutionary War museum, interpretive trail, youth group camping

scope="row"|Quaddick State Park

|Thompson

|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

|Windham

|{{convert|181|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1964

|Quinebaug Lake

|

|Boating, fishing

scope="row"|Quinnipiac River State Park

|North Haven

|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

|Middlesex

|{{convert|177|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2001

|Connecticut River

|File:RiverHighlandsSP IMG 1427.JPG

|Boat camping

scope="row"|Rocky Glen State Park

|Newtown

|Fairfield

|{{convert|46|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1943

|Pootatuck River

|

|Hiking

scope="row"|Rocky Neck State Park

|East Lyme

|New London

|{{convert|710|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1931

|Long Island Sound

|File:Rocky_Neck_Pavillion_Kevin_Pepin.jpg

|Beach, swimming, camping, saltwater fishing

scope="row"|Ross Pond State Park

|Killingly

|Windham

|{{convert|314|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1964

|Ross Pond

|

|Boating, fishing, hunting

scope="row"|Salt Rock State Campground

|Sprague

|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

|Litchfield

|{{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2012

|Farmington River

|File:Satans_kingdom.jpg

|Canoeing, kayaking, tubing

scope="row"|Scantic River State Park

|Enfield, East Windsor, Somers

|Hartford

|{{convert|784|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1967

|Scantic River

|Image:EastWindsorCT ScanticRiver.jpg

|Fishing, hunting

scope="row"|Selden Neck State Park

|Lyme

|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

|Fairfield

|{{convert|305|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1956

|Lake Naraneka

|File:Seth_Low_Pierrepont_State_Park_Reserve_entrance_sign.jpg

|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

|Fairfield

|{{convert|238|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1932

|Long Island Sound

|File:WestportCTSherwoodIsParkBeachEastSide11172007.JPG

|Beach, swimming, nature center, field sports, saltwater fishing

scope="row"|Silver Sands State Park

|Milford

|New Haven

|{{convert|297|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1960

|Long Island Sound

|File:CharlesIsland.jpg

|Beach, swimming, saltwater fishing

scope="row"|Sleeping Giant State Park

|Hamden

|New Haven

|{{convert|1439|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1924

|

|File:Gianttower.jpg

|Quinnipiac Trail, lookout tower, stream fishing, youth group camping

scope="row"|Southford Falls State Park

|Oxford

|New Haven

|{{convert|126|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1932

|Eightmile Brook

|File:SouthfordFallsSP IMG 0955.jpg

|Waterfalls, covered bridge, pond and stream fishing, cross-country skiing, field sports

scope="row"|Squantz Pond State Park

|New Fairfield

|Fairfield

|{{convert|172|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1926

|Squantz Pond

|File:Squantz_Pond_early_morning_autumn.JPG

|Boating, swimming, pond fishing, scuba diving

scope="row"|Stillwater Pond State Park

|Torrington

|Litchfield

|{{convert|226|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|

|Stillwater Pond

|

|Boating, fishing

scope="row"|Stoddard Hill State Park

|Ledyard

|New London

|{{convert|55|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1954

|Thames River

|

|Boating, fishing

scope="row"|Stratton Brook State Park

|Simsbury

|Hartford

|{{convert|145|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1949

|Stratton Brook

|File:Stratton_Brook_State_Park.jpg

|Swimming, fishing, biking, cross-country skiing

scope="row"|Sunnybrook State Park

|Torrington

|Litchfield

|{{convert|464|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1970

|Naugatuck River

|

|Fishing, hunting

scope="row"|Sunrise State Park

|East Haddam

|Middlesex

|{{convert|143|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2009

|Salmon River

|Image:EastHaddamCT SunsetResortSP 4.jpg

|Undeveloped

scope="row"|Talcott Mountain State Park

|Simsbury, Avon,
Bloomfield

|Hartford

|{{convert|574|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1965

|

|File:Heublein Tower.jpg

|Observation tower, scenic vistas, Metacomet Trail

scope="row"|Tri-Mountain State Park

|Durham,
Wallingford

|Middlesex,
New Haven

|{{convert|157|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1925

|

|

|Hiking

scope="row"|Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve

|Easton

|Fairfield

|{{convert|300|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1999

|

|File:TroutBrookValleyPreserve_OrdwayRedTrailHead.jpg

|Hiking

scope="row"|Wadsworth Falls State Park

|Middlefield,
Middletown

|Middlesex

|{{convert|285|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1942

|Coginchaug River

|File:Wadsworth_Falls.jpg

|Waterfall, swimming, stream fishing, mountain biking

scope="row"|West Rock Ridge State Park

|Hamden, New Haven,
Woodbridge, Bethany

|New Haven

|{{convert|1691|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1975

|Lake Wintergreen

|File:NewHavenfromWestRockSouthOverlook,_10-11.jpg

|Features the Regicides Trail, scenic vistas, fishing, car-top boating, horseback riding

scope="row"|Wharton Brook State Park

|Wallingford,
North Haven

|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

|Fishing, swimming

scope="row"|Whittemore Glen State Park

|Naugatuck, Middlebury

|New Haven

|{{convert|242|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1945

|

|File:The Larkin Trail in Whittemore Glen State Park in Naugatuck Connecticut.jpg

|Horseback riding, hiking

scope="row"|Windsor Meadows State Park

|Windsor

|Hartford

|{{convert|155|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1968

|Connecticut River

|File:Bissell Bridge in Windsor CT.JPG

| Boat launch, fishing, bicycling

scope="row"|Wooster Mountain State Park

|Danbury

|Fairfield

|{{convert|444|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1920

|

|File:Wooster Mountain State Park.jpg

|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

|East Hampton, Colchester, Hebron, Columbia, Lebanon, Windham, Chaplin, Hampton, Pomfret, Putnam, Thompson

|Middlesex,
New London,
Tolland,
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

| Nearly fifty miles of converted rail-trail

scope="row"|Farmington Canal
State Park Trail

|Cheshire, Hamden

|New Haven

|{{convert|5.5|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|

|File:Farmington_canal_lock_12.jpg

|Part of the Farmington Canal Trail

scope="row"|Hop River
State Park Trail

|Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Manchester, Vernon

|Hartford, Tolland

|{{convert|19|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|

|File:Bolton_Notch_Tunnel.jpg

||Nineteen miles of rail-trail from Manchester to Willimantic

scope="row"|Larkin
State Park Trail

|Southbury, Oxford, Middlebury, Naugatuck

|New Haven

|{{convert|10|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1943

|File:LarkinStateParkTrail-MiddleburyCT.JPG

|Ten-mile-long rail-trail

scope="row"|Moosup Valley
State Park Trail

|Plainfield, Sterling

|Windham

|{{convert|6|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1987

|File:BrunswickDam on Moosup River MoosupValleyStateParkTrail-PlainfieldCT.jpg

|Six miles of rail-trail

scope="row"|Windsor Locks Canal
State Park Trail

|Windsor Locks, Suffield

|Hartford

|{{convert|4.5|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|

|File:Windsor Locks Canal Trail Suffield North Trailhead Looking South.jpg

| 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

! 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, Winchester

|Litchfield

|{{convert|2987|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1937

|Sandy Brook

|

|Hiking, hunting, fishing, bird watching

scope="row"|American Legion State Forest

|Barkhamsted

|Litchfield

|{{convert|893|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1927

|Farmington River

|File:AmericanLegionSPTrails CheeseboxRuins.jpg

|Adjacent to Peoples State Forest; hiking, camping, boating, nature center

scope="row"|Camp Columbia State Park/State Forest

| Morris

|Litchfield

|{{convert|601|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|2000

|

|File:Camp Columbia State Park Class Of 1906 Tower.jpg

|Historic college campus; hiking, hunting

scope="row"|Centennial Watershed State Forest

|Redding, Easton, Newtown, Weston

|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

|Hiking, hunting, fishing

scope="row"|Cockaponset State Forest

|Haddam

|Middlesex

|{{convert|17186|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1926

|Pattaconk Lake

|File:CockaponsetSF-Pine-Ledge-Road.jpg

|Swimming, fishing, trails

scope="row"|Enders State Forest

|Granby

|Hartford

|{{convert|2105|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1970

|

|File:Ender falls, connecticut (26894310517).jpg

|Hiking, hunting

scope="row"|Housatonic State Forest

|Sharon

|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

|Appalachian Trail

scope="row"|James L. Goodwin State Forest

|Hampton

|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

|Air Line State Park Trail, boat launch, Conservation Education Center, youth group camping, Natchaug Trail

scope="row"|Massacoe State Forest

|Simsbury

|Hartford

|{{convert|503|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1908

|Great Pond

|File:Great Pond, Simsbury CT.jpg

|Bike trail

scope="row"|Mattatuck State Forest

|Waterbury, Plymouth, Thomaston, Watertown, Litchfield, Harwinton

|Litchfield

|{{convert|4673|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1925

|

|File:BBHTJerichoTrailCranesLookoutView3.jpg

|Twenty different parcels; Hancock Brook Trail, Whitestone Cliffs Trail

scope="row"|Meshomasic State Forest

|East Hampton

|Middlesex

|{{convert|9026|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1903

|

|File:CT_River_from_Great_Hill.JPG

|Fishing, hiking, hunting

scope="row"|Mohawk State Forest

|Cornwall, Goshen

|Litchfield

|{{convert|3743|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1921

|Mohawk Pond

|File:MohawkStateForest.jpg

|Adjoins Mohawk Mountain State Park; lookout tower, pond and stream fishing, youth group camping, skiing

scope="row"|Mohegan State Forest

|Scotland

|Middlesex

|{{convert|956|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1960

|

|Image:MoheganSF 2.jpg

|Hiking, hunting

scope="row"|Nassahegon State Forest

|Burlington

|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

|Fish hatchery; hunting, hiking, bird watching

scope="row"|Natchaug State Forest

|Eastford

|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

|Natchaug Trail; hiking, horseback riding, camping

scope="row"|Nathan Hale State Forest

|Andover

|Tolland

|{{convert|1455|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1946

|

|File:Nathan Hale State Forest, Coventry CT.jpg

|Hiking, hunting

scope="row"|Naugatuck State Forest

|Cheshire, Hamden, Naugatuck, Oxford, Beacon Falls

|New Haven

|{{convert|4153|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1921

|Naugatuck River

|File:NaugatuckSFWestBlockNorthCT8AndRiver.JPG

|Includes the Naugatuck Trail

scope="row"|Nehantic State Forest

|Lyme

|New London

|{{convert|5062|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1925

|Norwich Pond, Uncas Lake

|Image:NehanticSF NorwichPond.jpg

|Boating, swimming, hiking

scope="row"|Nepaug State Forest

|New Hartford

|Litchfield

|{{convert|1373|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1927

|

|Image:Farmington River Bank And River Road In Nepaug State Forest.jpg

|Hiking, biking, fishing, camping

scope="row"|Nipmuck State Forest

|Union

|Tolland

|{{convert|9209|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1905

|Breakneck Pond

|File:SouthernBreakneckPondonNipmuckTrailfacingnorth.jpg

| Adjoins Bigelow Hollow State Park, features Mountain Laurel Sanctuary, Nipmuck Trail

scope="row"|Nye-Holman State Forest

|Tolland

|Tolland

|{{convert|787|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1931

|Willimantic River

|File:Nye Holman State Forest, Tolland CT.jpg

|Fishing, hiking, youth group camping

scope="row"|Pachaug State Forest

|Voluntown, Griswold, Plainfield, Sterling, North Stonington, Preston

|New London

|{{convert|28804|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1928

|Pachaug River

|File:Nehantic_Trail_-_Rhododendron_Sanctuary_Trail_planked_wooden_boardwalk_section.jpg

|Camping, boating, horseback riding, youth group camping, motorcycle trail

scope="row"|Paugnut State Forest

|Torrington, Winchester

|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

|Spread out over four locations; abuts Burr Pond and Sunnybrook state parks

scope="row"|Paugussett State Forest

|Newtown

|Fairfield

|{{convert|1947|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|

|Housatonic River

|File:LillinonahTrail PondBrookInlet.JPG

|Boat launch, fishing, hiking, mountain biking

scope="row"|Peoples State Forest

|Barkhamsted

|Litchfield

|{{convert|3059|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1924

|Farmington River

|Image:PeoplesStateForest Museum.jpg

|Adjacent to American Legion State Forest; Barkhamsted Lighthouse

scope="row"|Pootatuck State Forest

|New Fairfield

|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

|Access is through Squantz Pond State Park

scope="row"|Quaddick State Forest

|Thompson

|Windham

|{{convert|1109|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|

|Quaddick Reservoir

|

|Youth group camping

scope="row"|Salmon River State Forest

|Hebron, Marlborough, Colchester, East Haddam, East Hampton

|Middlesex, New London

|{{convert|6905|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1934

|Salmon River

|File:BBHTSalmonRiverFromTrailUpRiverFromBridge.jpg

|Features Comstock's Bridge

scope="row"|Shenipsit State Forest

|Stafford, Somers, Ellington

|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

| Features 11 parcels spread over nearly 7,000 acres, Shenipsit Trail, Civilian Conservation Corps Museum

scope="row"|Topsmead State Forest

|Litchfield

|Litchfield

|{{convert|615|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1972

|

|Image:TOPSMEAD, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CT.jpg

|Features historic house museum estate of Edith Morton Chase

scope="row"|Tunxis State Forest

|East Hartland, Granby

|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

|Meets Granville State Forest in Massachusetts

scope="row"|Wyantenock State Forest

|Cornwall, Kent, Warren

|Litchfield

|{{convert|4083|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|1925

|

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|Nine different parcels, none developed for recreation

Connecticut Wildlife Management Areas

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! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Name

! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Town

! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | County

! style="width:*;" colspan=2 | Area

! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Established

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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

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|Assekonk Swamp

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|Swamp. Limited off-road parking available off CT-184.

scope="row"|Babcock Pond Wildlife Management Area

|East Haddam, Colchester

|Middlesex, New London

|1524

|617

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|Babcock Pond

|

|Swamp, forest, pond. Parking off Myles Standish Road,

scope="row"|Barber Pond Wildlife Management Area

|Bloomfield, Windsor

|Hartford

|72

|29

|

|Barber Pond

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|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

|

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scope="row"|Belding Wildlife Management Area

|Vernon

|Tolland

|282

|114

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scope="row"|Bishops Swamp Wildlife Management Area

|Andover, Hebron

|Tolland

|719

|291

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scope="row"|Black Pond Wildlife Management Area

|Middlefield, Meriden

|Middlesex, New Haven

|68

|28

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scope="row"|Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area

|Groton

|New London

|201

|81

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|

|

|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

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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

|

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

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|

scope="row"|Durham Meadows Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|East River Marsh Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|East Swamp Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Eightmile River Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Franklin Wildlife Management Area

|North Franklin

|New London

|

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|

|

|[http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2690&q=322412&deepNav_GID=1511#FranklinWMA website]

scope="row"|Goshen Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Great Harbor Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Higganum Meadows Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Housatonic River Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|King's Island Coop Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Kollar Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Larson Lot Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Little River Fish and Wildlife Area

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scope="row"|Lord's Cove Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Maromas Coop Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Meadow Brook Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Menunketesuck Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Messerschmidt Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Newgate Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Nod Brook Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Nott Island Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Pease Brook Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Plum Bank Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Quinebaug River Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Quinnipiac River Marsh Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Ragged Rock Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Raymond Brook Marsh Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Robbins Swamp Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Roger Tory Peterson Wildlife Area

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scope="row"|Roraback Wildlife Management Area

|Harwinton

|Litchfield

|1976

|800

|

|Leadmine Brook

|

|Fields, Swamps, Ponds.

scope="row"|Rose Hill Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Ross Marsh Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Salmon River Cove and Haddam Neck Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area

|Burlington

|Hartford

|

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|

|

|File:Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Tree ID Trail.jpg

|[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

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scope="row"|Skiff Mountain Coop Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|James V. Spignesi Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Stanley Works Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Suffield Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Talbot Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Tankerhoosen Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Wangunk Meadows Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Wopowog Wildlife Management Area

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scope="row"|Zemko Pond Wildlife Management Area

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Other state areas

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! 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

|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

|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

References

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