Park Yourself Here!

Whether you’re looking for a rigorous outdoor activity, a leisurely stroll or a peek into history, Connecticut’s parks and forests have something to offer you year round. And with 138 parks and forests statewide, you’re sure to find one close to home or just a short trip away.

Activities Legend

Biking	Noted Birding	Boating	Camping
CC Skiing	Field Sports	Fishing	Hiking
Historic	Horseback	Hunting	Ice Skating
Interpretive	Letterboxing	Museum	Paddle Boating
Picnicking	Rentals	Scuba Diving	Shell Fishing
Snowmobiling	Special Activities	Swimming	Walk-in Park

DEP Park Chart

• Above All State Park, Warren / Litchfield (Map it)
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• Air Line State Park Trail, East Hampton / Windham / Colchester / Hebron / Chaplin (Map it)
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• Algonquin State Forest, Colebrook (Map it)
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• American Legion State Forest, Barkhamsted (Map it)
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• Beaver Brook State Park, Windham (Map it)
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• Becket Hill State Park Reserve, Old Lyme (Map it)
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• Beckley Furnace State Park, North Cannan (Map it)
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• Bennetts Pond State Park, Ridgefield (Map it)
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• Bigelow Hollow State Park, Union (Map it)
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• Black Rock State Park, Watertown (Map it)
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• Bluff Point State Park, Groton (Map it)
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• Bolton Notch State Park, Bolton (Map it)
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• Brainard Homestead State Park, East Haddam (Map it)
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• Burr Pond State Park, Torrington (Map it)
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• Camp Columbia State Forest, Morris (Map it)
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• Camp Columbia State Park, Morris (Map it)
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• Campbell Falls State Park Reserve, Norfolk (Map it)
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• Centennial State Forest, Fairfield (Map it)
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• Chatfield Hollow State Park, Killingworth (Map it)
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• Cockaponset State Forest, Killingworth / Haddam / Middletown / Colchester / Deep River / Madison / Guilford (Map it)
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• Collis P. Huntington State Park, Redding / Bethel / Newtown (Map it)
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• Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park, Essex (Map it)
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• Dart Island State Park, Middletown (Map it)
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• Day Pond State Park, Colchester (Map it)
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• Dennis Hill State Park, Norfolk (Map it)
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• Devil's Hopyard State Park, East Haddam (Map it)
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• Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill (Map it)
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• Eagle Landing State Park, Haddam (Map it)
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• Enders State Forest, Granby / Barkhamsted (Map it)
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• Farm River State Park, East Haven (Map it)
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• Farmington Canal Greenway, Cheshire / Hamden (Map it)
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• Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park, Groton (Map it)
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• Fort Trumbull State Park, New London (Map it)
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• Gardner Lake, Salem (Map it)
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• Gay City State Park, Hebron (Map it)
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• George Dudley Seymour State Park, Haddam (Map it)
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• George Waldo State Park, Southbury (Map it)
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• Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam / Lyme (Map it)
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• Great Pond State Forest, Simsbury (Map it)
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• Haddam Island, Haddam (Map it)
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• Haddam Meadows State Park, Haddam (Map it)
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• Haley Farm State Park, Groton (Map it)
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• Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison (Map it)
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• Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford (Map it)
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• Haystack Mountain State Park, Norfolk (Map it)
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• Higganum Reservoir State Park, Haddam (Map it)
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• Hop River State Park Trail, Hebron (Map it)
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• Hopemead State Park, Bozrah / Montville (Map it)
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• Hopeville Pond State Park, Griswold (Map it)
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• Housatonic Meadows State Park, Sharon (Map it)
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• Housatonic State Forest, Sharon (Map it)
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• Humaston Brook State Park, Litchfield (Map it)
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• Hurd State Park, East Hampton (Map it)
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• Indian Well State Park, Shelton (Map it)
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• Ivy Mountain State Park, Goshen (Map it)
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• James L. Goodwin State Forest, Hampton / Chaplin (Map it)
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• John A. Minetto State Park, Torrington (Map it)
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• Kent Falls State Park, Kent (Map it)
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• Kettletown State Park, Southbury (Map it)
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• Killingly Pond State Park, Dayville (Map it)
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• Lake Waramaug State Park, Kent (Map it)
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• Lamentation Mountain State Park, Berlin (Map it)
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• Larkin State Bridal Trail, Southbury / Naugatuck / Oxford (Map it)
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• Lover's Leap State Park, New Milford (Map it)
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• Macedonia Brook State Park, Kent (Map it)
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• Machimoodus State Park aka Echo Farm, East Haddam (Map it)
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• Mansfield Hollow State Park, Mansfield (Map it)
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• Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret (Map it)
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• Massacoe State Forest, Simsbury / Canton (Map it)
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• Mattatuck State Forest, Thomaston (Map it)
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• Meshomasic State Forest, East Hampton / Glastonbury / Portland (Map it)
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• Mianus River State Park, Stamford (Map it)
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• Millers Pond State Park, Durham (Map it)
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• Minnie Island State Park, Bozrah / Montville (Map it)
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• Mohawk Mountain State Park, Cornwall (Map it)
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• Mohawk State Forest, Goshen / Cornwall (Map it)
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• Mohegan State Forest, Scotland (Map it)
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• Mooween State Park, Lebanon (Map it)
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• Mount Bushnell State Park, Washington (Map it)
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• Mount Riga State Park, Salisbury (Map it)
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• Mount Tom State Park, Litchfield (Map it)
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• Nassahegon State Forest, Burlington (Map it)
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• Natchaug State Forest, Eastford (Map it)
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• Nathan Hale State Forest, Coventry / Andover (Map it)
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• Naugatuck State Forest, Naugatuck / Oxford / Beacon Falls (Map it)
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• Nehantic State Forest, Lyme (Map it)
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• Nepaug State Forest, New Hartford (Map it)
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• Nipmuck State Forest, Union (Map it)
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• Nye-Holman State Forest, Tolland (Map it)
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• Old Furnace State Park, Killingly (Map it)
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• Osbornedale State Park, Derby (Map it)
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• Pachaug State Forest, Voluntown (Map it)
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• Pataconk Lake State Park, Chester (Map it)
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• Paugnut State Forest, Torrington (Map it)
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• Paugussett State Forest, Newtown (Map it)
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• Penwood State Park, Bloomfield (Map it)
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• Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted (Map it)
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• Platt Hill State Park, Winchester (Map it)
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• Pomeroy State Park, Lebanon (Map it)
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• Pootatuck State Forest, New Fairfield (Map it)
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• Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding (Map it)
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• Quaddick State Forest, Thompson (Map it)
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• Quaddick State Park, Thompson (Map it)
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• Quinebaug Lake State Park, Killingly (Map it)
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• Quinnipiac River State Park, North Haven (Map it)
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• River Highlands State Park, Cromwell (Map it)
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• Rocky Glen State Park, Newtown (Map it)
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• Rocky Neck State Park, Niantic (Map it)
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• Ross Pond State Park, Killingly (Map it)
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• Salmon River State Forest, Colchester (Map it)
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• Salt Rock Campground, Sprague (Map it)
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• Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area, New Hartford (Map it)
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• Scantic River State Park, Enfield (Map it)
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• Selden Neck State Park, Deep River / Lyme (Map it)
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• Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve, Ridgefield (Map it)
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• Shenipsit State Forest, Stafford (Map it)
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• Sherwood Island State Park, Westport (Map it)
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• Silver Sands State Park, Milford (Map it)
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• Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden (Map it)
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• Southford Falls State Park, Southbury / Oxford (Map it)
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• Squantz Pond State Park, New Fairfield (Map it)
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• Stillwater Pond State Park, Torrington (Map it)
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• Stoddard Hill State Park, Ledyard (Map it)
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• Stratton Brook State Park, Simsbury (Map it)
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• Sunnybrook State Park, Torrington (Map it)
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• Sunset Rock State Park, Plainville (Map it)
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• Talcott Mountain State Park, Bloomfield (Map it)
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• Topsmead State Forest, Litchfield (Map it)
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• Tri-Mountain State Park, Durham / Wallingford (Map it)
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• Tunxis State Forest, Granby / Barkhamsted / Hartland (Map it)
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• Wadsworth Falls State Park, Middlefield (Map it)
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• West Rock Ridge State Park, Hamden (Map it)
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• Wharton Brook State Park, Wallingford (Map it)
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• Whittemore Glen State Park, Wallingford (Map it)
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• Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail, Windsor Locks (Map it)
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• Windsor Meadows State Park, Windsor (Map it)
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• Wooster Mountain State Park, Danbury (Map it)
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• Wyantenock State Forest, Cornwall (Map it)
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