Connecticut State Parks
| Name | Area | Town(s) | County | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above All State Park | 31 acres (13 ha) | Warren/Litchfield | Litchfield | Home to a former site of the SAGE Air Defense Network |
| Air Line State Park Trail | Windham | Includes East Hampton, Colchester, Hebron, Columbia, Lebanon, Windham, Chaplin, Hampton, Pomfret, Putnam, Thompson | ||
| Beaver Brook State Park | 401 acres (162 ha) | Chaplin, Windham | Windham | |
| Becket Hill State Park Reserve | 260 acres (105 ha) | Lyme | New London | Adjacent to Nehantic State Forest |
| Beckley Iron Furnace Industrial Monument | North Canaan | Litchfield | ||
| Bennett's Pond State Park | 460 acres (186 ha) | Ridgefield, Danbury | Fairfield | |
| Bigelow Hollow State Park | 513 acres (208 ha) | Union | Tolland | Adjoins Nipmuck State Forest and borders Mashapaug Lake; boat launch, swimming |
| Black Rock State Park | 443 acres (179 ha) | Watertown | Litchfield | Camping, pond fishing, Mattatuck Trail |
| Bluff Point State Park | 806 acres (326 ha) | Groton | New London | Ocean access, boat launch; near Haley Farm State Park |
| Bolton Notch State Park | 95 acres (38 ha) | Bolton | Tolland | Rock climbing |
| Brainard Homestead State Park | 25 acres (10 ha) | East Haddam | Middlesex | |
| Burr Pond State Park | 436 acres (176 ha) | Torrington | Litchfield | Boating, fishing, swimming |
| Camp Columbia State Park/State Forest | 591 acres (239 ha) | Morris | Litchfield | |
| Campbell Falls State Park Reserve | Norfolk | Litchfield | On the Massachusetts border | |
| Chatfield Hollow State Park | 355.6 acres (143.9 ha) | Killingworth | Middlesex | Swimming, fishing |
| Collis P. Huntington State Park | 878 acres (355 ha) | Redding, Newtown, Bethel | Fairfield | Fishing, canoeing, mountain biking, horseback riding |
| Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park | 136 acres (55 ha) | Essex | Middlesex | Essex Steam Train from Essex to Chester up the Connecticut River valley |
| Dart Island State Park | 19 acres (7.7 ha) | Middletown | Middlesex | In the Connecticut River, access by water only |
| Day Pond State Park | 180 acres (73 ha) | Colchester | New London | Swimming, pond fishing |
| Dennis Hill State Park | 240 acres (97 ha) | Norfolk | Litchfield | |
| Devil's Hopyard State Park | 860 acres (348 ha) | Haddam | Middlesex | Camping, stream fishing, waterfall |
| Dinosaur State Park | 60 acres (24 ha) | Rocky Hill | Hartford | Natural history museum, arboretum |
| Eagle Landing State Park | 16 acres (6 ha) | Haddam | Middlesex | On the Connecticut River, boat dock, fishing pier, winter eagle viewing |
| Farm River State Park | 61 acres (25 ha) | East Haven | New Haven | Boat launch, fishing |
| Farmington Canal State Park Trail | Cheshire, Hamden | New Haven | Part of the Farmington Canal Trail | |
| Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park | 16 acres (6 ha) | Groton | New London | Site of the 1781 massacre led by Benedict Arnold; American Revolutionary War museum and historic house; restored earthwork battery, cannons and fort remains; military monuments |
| Fort Trumbull State Park | New London | New London | 19th century fort with museum, fishing pier on Long Island Sound | |
| Gardner Lake State Park | 10 acres (4 ha) | Salem | New London | Boating, fishing, swimming |
| Gay City State Park | 1,569 acres (635 ha) | Hebron | Tolland | Former mill-town ruins; pond fishing, swimming, youth group camping; bordered by a part of the Meshomasic State Forest |
| George Dudley Seymour State Park | Haddam | Middlesex | Abuts Higganum Meadows Wildlife Management Area; fishing, hunting | |
| George Waldo State Park | 150 acres (61 ha) | Southbury | New Haven | Accesses Lake Lillinonah |
| Gillette Castle State Park | 184 acres (74 ha) | East Haddam | Middlesex | Castle house museum, camping along the Connecticut River |
| Haddam Island | Haddam | Middlesex | In the Connecticut River | |
| Haddam Meadows State Park | 175 acres (71 ha) | Haddam | Middlesex | Boating, fishing on the Connecticut River |
| Haley Farm State Park | 198 acres (80 ha) | Groton | New London | Bike trail, near Bluff Point State Park |
| Hammonasset Beach State Park | 919 acres (372 ha) | Madison | New Haven | Beach, swimming, fishing, camping, nature center, carry-in boating |
| Harkness Memorial State Park | 116 acres (47 ha) | Waterford | New London | 42 room mansion museum open on seasonal weekends, formal gardens, fishing |
| Haystack Mountain State Park | 224 acres (91 ha) | Norfolk | Litchfield | Observation tower |
| Higganum Reservoir State Park | 147 acres (59 ha) | Higganum | Middlesex | Car-top boating, fishing, hunting |
| Hop River State Park Trail | Manchester to Willimantic | Hartford, Windham | Includes Manchester, Vernon, Bolton, Andover, Columbia, Coventry, Willimantic | |
| Hopemead State Park | 60 acres (24 ha) | Bozrah, Montville | New London | Fishing on Gardner Lake |
| Hopeville Pond State Park | 544 acres (220 ha) | Griswold | New London | Camping, boating, swimming, pond fishing, field sports |
| Horse Guard State Park | 105 acres (42 ha) | Avon | Hartford | |
| Housatonic Meadows State Park | 451 acres (183 ha) | Sharon | Litchfield | Camping, canoeing, fly fishing on the Housatonic River |
| Humaston Brook State Park | 141 acres (57 ha) | Litchfield | Litchfield | Fishing |
| Hurd State Park | 884 acres (358 ha) | East Hampton | Middlesex | Camping, mountain biking, views of the Connecticut River |
| Indian Well State Park | 153 acres (62 ha) | Shelton | Fairfield | Boating, swimming, fishing on the Housatonic River, waterfalls |
| John A. Minetto State Park | 678 acres (274 ha) | Torrington | Litchfield | Pond and stream fishing, cross-country skiing |
| Kent Falls State Park | 295 acres (119 ha) | Kent | Litchfield | Waterfalls, replica covered bridge |
| Kettletown State Park | 492 acres (199 ha) | Southbury | New Haven | Camping, swimming, fishing on Lake Zoar |
| Killingly Pond State Park | 162 acres (66 ha) | Killingly | Windham | Boating, fishing |
| Lake Waramaug State Park | 95 acres (38 ha) | Kent | Litchfield | Camping, car-top boating, swimming, fishing |
| Lamentation Mountain State Park | 47 acres (19 ha) | Berlin | Hartford | Scenic vistas |
| Larkin State Park Trail | 110 acres (45 ha) | New Haven | Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Southbury | |
| Lovers Leap State Park | New Milford | Litchfield | Scenic vistas of the Housatonic River | |
| Macedonia Brook State Park | 2,300 acres (930 ha) | Kent | Litchfield | Camping, stream fishing |
| Machimoodus State Park | 300 acres (121 ha) | East Haddam | Middlesex | Fishing, horseback riding |
| Mansfield Hollow State Park | 2,328 acres (942 ha) | Mansfield | Tolland | Boating, fishing, field sports, mountain biking, cross country skiing; surrounds Mansfield Hollow Lake |
| Mashamoquet Brook State Park | 860 acres (348 ha) | Pomfret | Windham | Camping, swimming, stream fishing |
| Mianus River State Park | 527 acres (213 ha) | Stamford | Fairfield | Biking, fishing, horseback riding |
| Millers Pond State Park | Durham | Middlesex | Fishing, hunting, mountain biking | |
| Minnie Island State Park | 1 acre (0 ha) | Bozrah, Montville | New London | Boating, fishing, accessible only by boat |
| Mohawk Forest/Mohawk Mountain State Park | 260 acres (105 ha) | Cornwall | Litchfield | |
| Mono Pond State Park Reserve | 218 acres (88 ha) | Columbia | Tolland | Boating, fishing, hunting, cross-country skiing |
| Moosup Valley State Park Trail | Windham | |||
| Moowen State Park | 577 acres (234 ha) | Lebanon | New London | Boating, fishing |
| Mount Bushnell State Park | 214 acres (87 ha) | Washington | Litchfield | |
| Mount Riga State Park | 276 acres (112 ha) | Salisbury | Litchfield | |
| Mount Tom State Park | 232 acres (94 ha) | Litchfield | Litchfield | |
| Old Furnace State Park | 367 acres (149 ha) | Killingly | Windham | Boating, fishing, hunting; site of an old iron furnace |
| Osbornedale State Park | 350 acres (142 ha) | Derby | New Haven | |
| Penwood State Park | 787 acres (318 ha) | Bloomfield | Hartford | Cross country skiing, [[Metacomet Trail |
| Platt Hill State Park | 159 acres (64 ha) | Winchester | Litchfield | Scenic vistas |
| Pomeroy State Park | 200 acres (81 ha) | Lebanon | New London | Hunting |
| Putnam Memorial State Park | 183 acres (74 ha) | Redding | Fairfield | Fishing, American Revolutionary War museum, historic site, youth group camping |
| Quaddick State Park | 116 acres (47 ha) | Thompson | Windham | Boat launch, swimming, fishing, field sports |
| Quinebaug Lake State Park | 181 acres (73 ha) | Killingly | Windham | Boating, fishing |
| Quinnipiac River State Park | 323 acres (131 ha) | North Haven | New Haven | Car-top boating, fishing on the Quinnipiac River, hunting |
| River Highlands State Park | 177 acres (72 ha) | Cromwell | Middlesex | River camping along the Connecticut River |
| Rocky Glen State Park | 46 acres (19 ha) | Newtown | Fairfield | |
| Rocky Neck State Park | 708 acres (287 ha) | East Lyme | New London | Beach, swimming, camping, saltwater fishing |
| Ross Pond State Park | 314 acres (127 ha) | Killingly | Windham | Boating, fishing, hunting |
| Salt Rock State Campground | 149 acres (60 ha) | Sprague | New London | Camping, fishing, pool swimming, access to Shetucket River |
| Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area | New Hartford | Litchfield | Canoeing, kayaking, tubing | |
| Scantic River State Park | 784 acres (317 ha) | Enfield, East Windsor, Somers | Hartford | Fishing, hunting |
| Selden Neck State Park | 528 acres (214 ha) | Lyme | New London | Island on the Connecticut River, access only by water, camping, fishing, hunting |
| Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve | 313 acres (127 ha) | Ridgefield | Fairfield | Car-top boating, fishing |
| Sherwood Island State Park | 234 acres (95 ha) | Westport | Fairfield | Beach, swimming, nature center, field sports, saltwater fishing |
| Silver Sands State Park | Milford | New Haven | Beach, swimming, saltwater fishing | |
| Sleeping Giant State Park | 1,439 acres (582 ha) | Hamden | New Haven | Features the Quinnipiac Trail, lookout tower, stream fishing, youth group camping |
| Southford Falls State Park | 120 acres (49 ha) | Oxford | New Haven | Waterfalls, covered bridge, pond and stream fishing, cross country skiing, field sports |
| Squantz Pond State Park | 172 acres (70 ha) | New Fairfield | Fairfield | Boating, swimming, pond fishing, scuba diving |
| Stillwater Pond State Park | 226 acres (91 ha) | Torrington | Litchfield | Boating, fishing |
| Stoddard Hill State Park | 55 acres (22 ha) | Ledyard | New London | Boating, fishing |
| Stratton Brook State Park | 148 acres (60 ha) | Simsbury | Hartford | Swimming, fishing, biking, cross country skiing |
| Sunnybrook State Park | 464 acres (188 ha) | Torrington | Litchfield | Fishing, hunting |
| Sunrise Resort State Park | 143 acres (58 ha) | East Haddam | Middlesex | |
| Talcott Mountain State Park | 557 acres (225 ha) | Simsbury | Hartford | Observation tower, scenic vistas, Metacomet Trail |
| Tri-Mountain State Park | 157 acres (64 ha) | Durham, Wallingford | Middlesex, New Haven | |
| Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve | 300 acres (121 ha) | Easton | Fairfield | |
| Wadsworth Falls State Park | 285 acres (115 ha) | Middlefield | Middlesex | Waterfall, swimming, stream fishing, mountain biking |
| West Rock Ridge State Park | 1,533 acres (620 ha) | Hamden/New Haven | New Haven | Features the Regicides Trail, scenic vistas, fishing, car-top boating, horseback riding |
| Wharton Brook State Park | 96 acres (39 ha) | Wallingford | New Haven | Fishing, swimming |
| Whittemore Glen State Park | 242 acres (98 ha) | Naugatuck, Middlebury | New Haven | Horseback riding |
| Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail | Windsor Locks, Suffield | Hartford | 4.5 mile bike trail, fishing along the canal | |
| Windsor Meadows State Park | 155 acres (63 ha) | Windsor | Hartford | Boat launch on the Connecticut River, fishing, bicycling |
| Wooster Mountain State Park | 444 acres (180 ha) | Danbury | Fairfield | Skeet, trap and target shooting, hunting |
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