State Parks in Connecticut

This is a list of the state parks in the US state of Connecticut .

Dinosaur State Park . Fossil traces of the genus Eubrontes

Gillette Castle State Park

Kent Falls State Park

View from Heublein Tower in Talcott Mountain State Park

Above All State Park Air Line State Park Trail Beaver Brook State Park Becket Hill State Park Reserve Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument Bennett's Pond State Park Bigelow Hollow State Park Black Rock State Park Bluff Point State Park Bolton Notch State Park Brainard Homestead State Park Burr Pond State Park Camp Columbia State Park / State Forest Campbell Falls State Park Reserve Chatfield Hollow State Park Collis P. Huntington State Park Connecticut Valley Railroad Dart Island State Park Day Pond State Park Dennis Hill State Park Devil's Hopyard State Park Dinosaur State Park Eagle Landing State Park Farm River State Park Farmington Canal State Park Trail Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park Fort Trumbull State Park Gardner Lake State Park Gay City State Park George Dudley Seymour State Park George Waldo State Park Gillette Castle State Park Haddam Island State Park Haddam Meadows State Park Haley Farm State Park Hammonasset Beach State Park Harkness Memorial State Park Haystack Mountain State Park Higganum Reservoir State Park Hop River State Park Trail Hopemead State Park Hopeville Pond State Park Horse Guard State Park Housatonic Meadows State Park Humaston Brook State Park Hurd State Park Indian Well State Park John A. Minetto State Park Kent Falls State Park Kettletown State Park Killingly Pond State Park Lake Waramaug State Park Lamentation Mountain State Park Larkin State Park Trail Lovers Leap State Park

Macedonia Brook State Park Machimoodus State Park Mansfield Hollow State Park Mashamoquet Brook State Park Mianus River State Park Millers Pond State Park Minnie Island State Park Mohawk State Forest (Mohawk Mountain State Park) Mono Pond State Park Reserve Moosup Valley State Park Trail Mooween State Park Mount Bushnell State Park Mount Riga State Park Mount Tom State Park Old Furnace State Park Osbornedale State Park Penwood State Park Platt Hill State Park Pomeroy State Park Putnam Memorial Park Quaddick State Park Quinebaug Lake State Park Quinnipiac River State Park River Highlands State Park Rocky Glen State Park Rocky Neck State Park Ross Pond State Park Salt Rock State Campground Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area Scantic River State Park Selden Neck State Park Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve Seven Falls State Park Sherwood Island State Park Silver Sands State Park Sleeping Giant State Park Southford Falls State Park Squantz Pond State Park Stillwater Pond State Park Stoddard Hill State Park Stratton Brook State Park Sunnybrook State Park Sunrise Resort State Park Talcott Mountain State Park Tri-Mountain State Park Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve Wadsworth Falls State Park West Rock Ridge State Park Wharton Brook State Park Whittemore Glen State Park Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail Windsor Meadows State Park Wooster Mountain State Park

In addition to the more or less developed state parks, there are also a number of state forests that were originally planned as flagship forests. The first state forest was Meshomasic State Forest

Algonquin State Forest American Legion State Forest Centennial Watershed State Forest Cockaponset State Forest Enders State Forest Housatonic State Forest James L. Goodwin State Forest Massacoe State Forest Mattatuck State Forest Meshomasic State Forest Mohawk Mountain State Park Mohegan State Forest Nassahegon State Forest Natchaug State Forest Nathan Hale State Forest Naugatuck State Forest	Nehantic State Forest Nepaug State Forest Nipmuck State Forest Nye-Holman State Forest Pachaug State Forest Paugnut State Forest Paugussett State Forest People's State Forest Pootatuck State Forest Quaddick State Forest Salmon River State Forest Shenipsit State Forest Topsmead State Forest Tunxis State Forest Wyantenock State Forest

In addition, there are a few other state institutions that serve environmental protection:

• Burlington Trout Hatchery
• Quinebaug Valley Trout Hatchery
• Franklin Wildlife Management Area
• James V. Spignesi Jr Wildlife Management Area
• Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area

Web links

Commons : State parks of Connecticut  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Connecticut DEP - State Parks and Forests (English)