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Get outside and enjoy Conecticut's Parks

Connecticut has 139 parks for your family to enjoy, from hiking, fishing, biking, and swimming and so much more there is something for everyone in every season! A great local family activity for your Connecticut Kids. 

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Algonquin State ForestClick for More Info Colebrook
American Legion State ForestClick for More Info Barkhamsted
Beaver Brook State ParkClick for More Info Windham/Chaplin
Becket Hill State ParkClick for More Info Old Lyme
Beckley Furnace State ParkClick for More Info North Canaan
Bennett's Ponds State ParkClick for More Info Ridgefield
Bigelow Hollow State ParkClick for More Info Union
Black Rock State ParkClick for More Info Watertown
Bolton Notch State ParkClick for More Info Bolton
Brainard Homestead State ParkClick for More Info East Haddam
Burr Pond State ParkClick for More Info Torrington
C.P. Huntington State ParkClick for More Info Redding/Bethel/Newtown
Camp Columbia State ParkClick for More Info Morris
Camp Columbia State ForestClick for More Info Morris
Campbell Falls State ParkClick for More Info Norfolk
Centennial State ForestClick for More Info Fairfield
Chatfield Hollow State ParkClick for More Info Killingworth
Cockaponset State ForestClick for More Info Haddam/Chester
Connecticut Valley Railroad State ParkClick for More Info
Dart Island State ParkClick for More Info
Day Pond State ParkClick for More Info Colchester
Dennis Hill State ParkClick for More Info Norfolk
Devil's Hopyard State ParkClick for More Info East Haddam
Dinosaur State ParkClick for More Info Rocky Hill
Eagle Landing State ParkClick for More Info Haddam
Enders State ForestClick for More Info Granby/Barkhamsted
Farm River State ParkClick for More Info East Haven
Farmington Canal Greenway State ParkClick for More Info Cheshire/Hamden
Fort Griswold State ParkClick for More Info Groton
Fort Trumbull State ParkClick for More Info New London
Gardner Lake State ParkClick for More Info Salem
Gay City State ParkClick for More Info Hebron
George Dudley Seymour State ParkClick for More Info Haddam
George Waldo State ParkClick for More Info Southbury
Gillette Castle State ParkClick for More Info East Haddam
Green Falls State CampgroundClick for More Info Voluntown
Haddam Island State ParkClick for More Info Haddam
Haddam Meadows State ParkClick for More Info Haddam
Haley Farm State ParkClick for More Info Groton
Hammonasset Beach State ParkClick for More Info Madison
Harkness Memorial State ParkClick for More Info Waterford
Haystack Mountain State ParkClick for More Info Norfolk
Higganum Reservoir State ParkClick for More Info Higganum
Hop River State ParkClick for More Info Multi-Town
Hopemead State ParkClick for More Info Montville/Bozrah
Hopeville Pond State ParkClick for More Info Griswold
Horse Guard State ParkClick for More Info Avon
Housatonic , Meadows State ParkClick for More Info Sharon
Housatonic Meadows State ForestClick for More Info Sharon
Humaston Brook State ParkClick for More Info Litchfield
Hurd State ParkClick for More Info East Hampton
Indian Well State ParkClick for More Info Shelton
J.A. Minetto State ParkClick for More Info Torrington
James L Goodwin State Forests ForestClick for More Info Hampton
Kent Falls State ParkClick for More Info Kent
Kettletown State ParkClick for More Info Southbury
Killingly Pond State ParkClick for More Info Killingly
Lake Waramaug State ParkClick for More Info Kent
Lamentation Mountain State ParkClick for More Info Berlin
Larkin State Park TrailClick for More Info Southbury/Naugatuck/Oxford/Middlebury
Lovers Leap State ParkClick for More Info New Milford
Macedonia Brook State ParkClick for More Info Kent
Machimoodus State ParkClick for More Info East Haddam
Mansfield Hollow State ParkClick for More Info Mansfield
Mashamoquet State ParkClick for More Info Pomfret
Massacoe State ForestClick for More Info Simsbury/Canton
Mattatuck State ForestClick for More Info Multi-Town
Meshomasic State ForestClick for More Info East Hampton/Glastonbury/Portland
Mianus River State ParkClick for More Info Stamford
Millers Pond State ParkClick for More Info Haddam
Minnie Island State ParkClick for More Info Bozrah
Mohegan State ForestClick for More Info Scotland
Mono Pond State ParkClick for More Info Columbia
Mooween State ParkClick for More Info Lebanon
Mount Bushnell State ParkClick for More Info Washington
Mount Riga State ParkClick for More Info Salisbury
Mount Tom State ParkClick for More Info Litchfield
Nassahegon State ForestClick for More Info Burlington
Natchaug State ForestClick for More Info Eastford
Nathan Hale State ForestClick for More Info Coventry/Andover
Naugatuck State ForestClick for More Info Naugatuck/Oxford/Beacon Falls
Nehantic State ForestClick for More Info Lyme
Nepaug State ForestClick for More Info New Hartford
Nipmuck State ForestClick for More Info Union
Nye-Holman State ForestClick for More Info Tolland
Old Furnace State ParkClick for More Info Killingly
Osbornedale State ParkClick for More Info Derby
Pachaug State ForestClick for More Info Voluntown
Pattaconk Lake Recreation AreaClick for More Info Chester/Haddam
Paugnut State ForestClick for More Info Torrington/Winchester
Paugussett State ForestClick for More Info Newtown
Penwood State ParkClick for More Info Bloomfield
Peoples State ForestClick for More Info Barkhamsted
Platt Hill State ParkClick for More Info Winchester
Pomeroy State ParkClick for More Info Lebanon
Pootatuck State ForestClick for More Info New Fairfield
Putnam Memorial State ParkClick for More Info Redding
Quaddick State ParkClick for More Info Thompson
Quaddick State ForestClick for More Info Thompson
Quinebaug Lake State ParkClick for More Info Killingly
Quinnipiac River State ParkClick for More Info North Haven
River Highlands State ParkClick for More Info Cromwell
Rocky Glen State ParkClick for More Info Newtown
Rocky Neck State ParkClick for More Info East Lyme
Ross Pond State ParkClick for More Info Killingly
S.L. Pierrepont State ParkClick for More Info Ridgefield
Salmon River Sate ForestClick for More Info Colchester
Salt Rock State CampgroundClick for More Info Sprague
Satan&rsquo,s Kingdom State ParkClick for More Info New Hartford
Scantic River State ParkClick for More Info Enfield/East Windsor/Somers
Selden Neck State ParkClick for More Info Lyme
Shenipsit State ForestClick for More Info Stafford/Somers/Ellington
Sherwood Island State ParkClick for More Info Westport
Silver Sands State ParkClick for More Info Milford
Sleeping Giant State ParkClick for More Info Hamden
Southford Falls State ParkClick for More Info Southbury
Squantz Pond State ParkClick for More Info New Fairfield
Stillwater Pond State ParkClick for More Info Torrington
Stoddard Hill State ParkClick for More Info Ledyard
Stratton Brook State ParkClick for More Info Simsbury
Sunnybrook State ParkClick for More Info Torrington
Sunrise State ParkClick for More Info East Haddam
Talcott Mountain State ParkClick for More Info Simsbury
Topsmead State ForestClick for More Info Litchfield
Tri-Mountain State ParkClick for More Info Durham/Wallingford
Trout Brook Valley State ParkClick for More Info Easton
Tunxis State ForestClick for More Info Graby/Barkhamsted/Hartland
Wadsworth Falls State ParkClick for More Info Middlefield/Middletown
West Rock Ridge State ParkClick for More Info Hamden/New Haven
Wharton Brook State ParkClick for More Info Wallingford
Whittemore Glen State ParkClick for More Info Naugatuck/Middlebury
Windsor Locks Canal State ParkClick for More Info Windsor Locks
Windsor Meadows State ParkClick for More Info Windsor
Wooster Mountain State ParkClick for More Info Danbury
Wyantenock State ForestClick for More Info Cornwall