Connecticut State Parks and Forests

Open: Year round from 8:00 am to sunset
CCS = cross country ski • SM = snowmobiling • P/S = Pond and Stream
Bigelow Hollow State Park
Union
860-346-2372
* * Pond * * CCS – SM
Black Rock State Park
Watertown
860- 485-0226
* * Pond * * Field Sports
Bluff Point State Park
Groton
860- 444-7591
Salt * Mountain Biking
Burr Pond State Park
Torrington
860- 482-1817
* Pond * *
Chatfield Hollow State Park
Killingworth
860- 663-2030
* P/S * *
Cockaponset State Forest
Haddam
860- 424-3200
* * Stream * * CCS -SM Mountain Biking
Collis P. Huntington
State Park, Redding
203- 938-2285
Canoe Pond * CCS Horseback Riding
Day Pond State Park
Colchester
860-295-9523
* Pond * *
Dennis Hill State Park
Norfolk
860-482-1817
* * Overlook
Devil’s Hopyard State Park
East Haddam
860-873-8566
* Stream * * Birding
Dinosaur State Park
Rocky Hill
860-529-8423
* * Arboretum
Fort Griswold Battlefield
State Park, Groton
860-444-7591
Salt Fort / Monument
Fort Trumbull State Park
New London
860-444-7591
Historic Fort
Gay City State Park
Marlborough
860-295-9523
* Pond * *
Gillette Castle State Park
East Haddam
860-526-2336
* * *
Haddam Meadows
State Park, Haddam
860-663-2030
* River *
Haley Farm State Park
Groton
860-424-3200
*
Hammonasset State Park
Madison
203-245-2785
* Salt Carry In Salt * * Nature Center
Harkness Memorial
State Park, Waterford
860-443-5725
Yes * Mansion Tours
Haystack Mountain
State Park, Norfolk
860-482-1817
* * Observation Tower
Hopeville Pond State Park
Jewett City
860-376-2920
* * * Pond * * Field Sports
Housatonic Meadows
State Park, Sharon
860-927-3238
* Canoe River * * Youth Group Camping
Hurd State Park
East Hampton
* * * * CCS
Indian Well State Park
Shelton
203-735-4311
* * River * * Field Sports
John A. Minetto State Park
Torrington
860-482-1817
P/S * CCS
Kent Falls State Park
Kent
860-927-3238
Trout * *
Kettletown State Park
Southbury
203-264-5169
* * River * *
Lake Waramaug State Park
Kent
860-868-0220
* * Carry In Lake *
Macedonia Brook State Park
Kent
860-927-3238
* Stream * *
Mansfield Hollow State Park * Lake * * CCS Field Sports
Mashamoquet Brook
State Park, Pomfret
860-928-6121
* * P/S * *
Millers Pond State Park
Durham
Pond *
Mohawk Mountain
State Forest, Goshen
860-491-3620
P/S * * Ski Lookout Tower
Mount Tom State Park
Litchfield
860-868-2592
* Carry In Pond * * Skating Scuba Diving
Natchaug State Forest
Eastford
Backpack River * * CCS-SM Horseback – Hunting
Nipmuck State Forest
Union
860-684-3430
* Pond * * CCS-SM Scuba -Hunting
Osbornedale State Park
Derby
203-735-4311
Pond * * Skating Enviormental Center
Pachaug State Forest
Voluntown
* * * Pond * * CCS-SM Scuba -Huntng
Penwood State Park
Bloomfield
860-242-1158
* * CCS
Peoples State Forest
Barkhamsted
860-379-2469
* Canoe River * * CCS-SM Youth Group Camping
Putnam Memorial State Park
Redding
203-938-2285
Pond * Skating Museum
Quaddick State Park
Thompson
* * Pond * * Skating Field Sports
Rocky Neck State Park
East Lyme
860-793-5471
* Salt Salt * *
Salmon River State Forest
Marlborough
860-295-9523
River * * Hunting
Selden Island
State Park Reserve
Lyme
* * Island – water access
Shenipsit State Forest
Ellington
Yes * * CCS-SM Ob.Tower – Hunting
Sherwood Island State Park
Westport
203-226-6983
Salt Salt *
Silver Sands State Park
Milford
203-735-4311
Salt Salt Boardwalk
Sleeping Giant State Park
Hamden
203-789-7498
Trout * * Youth Group Camping
Southford Falls State Park
Southbury
203-264-5169
P/S * * CCS-Skate Field Sports
Squantz Pond State Park
New Fairfield
203-797-4165
* * Pond * * Skating Scuba Diving
Stratton Brook State Park
Simsbury
860-658-1388
* Trout * * CCS Field Sports
Talcott Mountain State Park
Bloomfield
860-242-1158
* * Observation Tower
Topsmead State Forest
Litchfield
860-567-5694
* * CCS Birding – Cottage Tour
Wadsworth Falls State Park
Middlefield
860-663-2030
* P/S * *
West Rock Ridge State Park
Hamden
203-789-7498
Carry In Yes * *
Wharton Brook State Park
Wallingford
* Yes *