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.[1]
Connecticut’s 106 State Parks
Connecticut state parks
Connecticut state park trails
Name | Towns | Counties | Length | Estab- lished | Image | Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mi | km | ||||||
Air Line State Park Trail | East Hampton, Colchester, Hebron, Columbia, Lebanon, Windham, Chaplin, Hampton, Pomfret, Putnam, Thompson | Middlesex, New London, Tolland, Windham | 50 | 80 | 1969 | ![]() | Nearly fifty miles of converted rail-trail |
Farmington Canal State Park Trail | Cheshire, Hamden | New Haven | 5.5 | 8.9 | ![]() | Part of the Farmington Canal Trail | |
Hop River State Park Trail | Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Manchester, Vernon | Hartford, Tolland | 19 | 31 | ![]() | Nineteen miles of rail-trail from Manchester to Willimantic | |
Larkin State Park Trail | Southbury, Oxford, Middlebury, Naugatuck | New Haven | 10 | 16 | 1943 | Ten-mile-long rail-trail | |
Moosup Valley State Park Trail | Plainfield, Sterling | Windham | 6 | 9.7 | 1987 | ![]() | Six miles of rail-trail |
Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail | Windsor Locks, Suffield | Hartford | 4.5 | 7.2 | ![]() | 4.5 mile bike trail, fishing along the canal |
Connecticut state forests
Connecticut Wildlife Management Areas
Name | Town | County | Area[2] | Established | River / lake / other | Image | Remarks | |
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acres | ha | |||||||
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. | ||
Assekonk Swamp Wildlife Management Area | North Stonington | New London | 963 | 280 | Assekonk Swamp | Swamp. Limited off-road parking available off CT-184. | ||
Babcock Pond Wildlife Management Area | East Haddam, Colchester | Middlesex, New London | 1524 | 617 | Babcock Pond | Swamp, forest, pond. Parking off Myles Standish Road, | ||
Barber Pond Wildlife Management Area | Bloomfield, Windsor | Hartford | 72 | 29 | Barber Pond | Wetlands. Access via CT-305 (Old Windsor Road). | ||
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. | ||
Bartlett Brook Wildlife Management Area | Lebanon | New London | 687 | 278 | Bartlett Brook and Exeter Brook. | Streams. Stone foundations. Fields. Trails. | ||
Bear Hill Wildlife Management Area | Bozrah | New London | 364 | 147 | ||||
Belding Wildlife Management Area | Vernon | Tolland | 282 | 114 | ||||
Bishops Swamp Wildlife Management Area | Andover, Hebron | Tolland | 719 | 291 | ||||
Black Pond Wildlife Management Area | Middlefield, Meriden | Middlesex, New Haven | 68 | 28 | ||||
Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area | Groton | New London | 201 | 81 | Swamps, streams, forest, glacial erratics, quarries and 44 acre pitch pine grove. | |||
Cedar Swamp Wildlife Management Area | New Hartford, Torrington | Litchfield | 275 | 111 | ||||
Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area | Milford | New Haven | 625 | 253 | 1955 | Housatonic River, Long Island Sound | ![]() | |
Charter Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary | Tolland | Tolland | 240 | 97 | Skungamaug Marsh (lake) and Skungamaug River. | Marsh, River, Pond. | ||
Cromwell Meadows Wildlife Management Area | Cromwell, Middletown | Middlesex | 496 | 201 | ||||
Durham Meadows Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
East River Marsh Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
East Swamp Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Eightmile River Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Franklin Wildlife Management Area | North Franklin | New London | website | |||||
Goshen Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Great Harbor Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Higganum Meadows Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Housatonic River Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
King's Island Coop Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Kollar Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Larson Lot Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Little River Fish and Wildlife Area | ||||||||
Lord's Cove Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Maromas Coop Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Meadow Brook Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Menunketesuck Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Messerschmidt Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Newgate Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Nod Brook Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Nott Island Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Pease Brook Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Plum Bank Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Quinebaug River Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Quinnipiac River Marsh Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Ragged Rock Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Raymond Brook Marsh Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Robbins Swamp Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Roger Tory Peterson Wildlife Area | ||||||||
Roraback Wildlife Management Area | Harwinton | Litchfield | 1976 | 800 | Leadmine Brook | Fields, Swamps, Ponds. | ||
Rose Hill Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Ross Marsh Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Salmon River Cove and Haddam Neck Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area | Burlington | Hartford | ![]() | 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, Friends site, Town of Burlington information | ||||
Simsbury Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Skiff Mountain Coop Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
James V. Spignesi Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Stanley Works Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Suffield Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Talbot Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Tankerhoosen Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Wangunk Meadows Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Wopowog Wildlife Management Area | ||||||||
Zemko Pond Wildlife Management Area |
Other state areas
Name | Town | County | Established | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Burlington Trout Hatchery | Burlington | Hartford | 1923 | website, information, located within Nassahegon State Forest |
Quinebaug Valley Trout Hatchery | Plainfield | Windham | website, information |
See also
References
External links
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