The state of Connecticut has an astonishing 142 state parks, forests, and recreation areas!
These include-
Above All State Park
Air Line State Park Trail
Algonquin State Forest
American Legion State Forest
Auerfarm State Park
Beaver Brook State Park
Becket Hill State Park
Beckley Furnace State Park
Bennett’s Ponds State Park
Bigelow Hollow State Park
Black Rock State Park
Bluff Point State Park
Bolton Notch State Park
Brainard Homestead State Park
Burr Pond State Park
C.P. Huntington State Park
Camp Columbia State Park
Camp Columbia State Forest
Campbell Falls State Park
Centennial State Forest
Chatfield Hollow State Park
Cockaponset State Forest
Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park
Dart Island State Park
Day Pond State Park
Dennis Hill State Park
Devil’s Hopyard State Park
Dinosaur State Park
Eagle Landing State Park
Enders State Forest
Farm River State Park
Farmington Canal Greenway State Park
Fort Griswold State Park
Fort Trumbull State Park
Gardner Lake State Park
Gay City State Park
George Dudley Seymour State Park
George Waldo State Park
Gillette Castle State Park
Green Falls State Campground
Haddam Meadows State Park
Haley Farm State Park
Hammonasset Beach State Park
Harkness Memorial State Park
Haystack Mountain State Park
Higganum Reservoir State Park
Hop River State Park
Hopemead State Park
Hopeville Pond State Park
Horse Guard State Park
Housatonic Meadows State Park
Housatonic Meadows State Forest
Humaston Brook State Park
Hurd State Park
Indian Well State Park
J.A. Minetto State Park
James L Goodwin State Forests Forest
Kent Falls State Park
Kettletown State Park
Killingly Pond State Park
Lake Waramaug State Park
Lamentation Mountain State Park
Lake Williams State Park
Larkin State Park Trail
Lovers Leap State Park
Macedonia Brook State Park
Machimoodus State Park
Mansfield Hollow State Park
Mashamoquet State Park
Massacoe State Forest
Mattatuck State Forest
Meshomasic State Forest
Mianus River State Park
Millers Pond State Park
Minnie Island State Park
Mohawk State Forest
Mohegan State Forest
Mono Pond State Park
Mooween State Park
Mount Bushnell State Park
Mount Riga State Park
Mount Tom State Park
Nassahegon State Forest
Natchaug State Forest
Nathan Hale State Forest
Naugatuck State Forest
Nehantic State Forest
Nepaug State Forest
Nipmuck State Forest
Nye-Holman State Forest
Old Furnace State Park
Osbornedale State Park
Pachaug State Forest
Pattaconk Lake Recreation Area
Paugnut State Forest
Paugussett State Forest
Penwood State Park
Peoples State Forest
Platt Hill State Park
Pomeroy State Park
Pootatuck State Forest
Putnam Memorial State Park
Quaddick State Park
Quaddick State Forest
Quinebaug Lake State Park
Quinnipiac River State Park
River Highlands State Park
Rocky Glen State Park
Rocky Neck State Park
Ross Pond State Park
S.L. Pierrepont State Park
Salmon River State Forest
Salt Rock State Campground
Satan’s Kingdom State Park
Scantic River State Park
Seaside State Park
Selden Neck State Park
Shenipsit State Forest
Sherwood Island State Park
Silver Sands State Park
Sleeping Giant State Park
Southford Falls State Park
Squantz Pond State Park
Stillwater Pond State Park
Stoddard Hill State Park
Stratton Brook State Park
Sunnybrook State Park
Sunrise State Park
Talcott Mountain State Park
Topsmead State Forest
Tri-Mountain State Park
Trout Brook Valley State Park
Tunxis State Forest
Wadsworth Falls State Park
West Rock Ridge State Park
Wharton Brook State Park
Whittemore Glen State Park
Windsor Lock Canal State Park
Windsor Meadows State Park
Wooster Mountain State Park
Wyantenock State Forest
