Whether you are looking for a rigorous outdoor activity, a leisurely stroll or a peek into history, Connecticut’s parks and forests have something to offer you year round.  With 142 state parks and forests statewide, you’re sure to find one close to home or just a short trip away.

Dart Island State Park, Middletown
Day Pond State Park, Colchester
Dennis Hill State Park, Norfolk
Devil's Hopyard State Park, East Haddam
Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill
Eagle Landing State Park, Haddam
Enders State Forest, Granby/Barkhamsted
Farm River State Park, East Haven
Farmington Canal Greenway State Park, Cheshire/Hamden
Fort Griswold State Park, Groton
Fort Trumbull State Park, New London
Gardner Lake State Park, Salem
Gay City State Park, Hebron
George Dudley Seymour State Park, Haddam
George Waldo State Park, Southbury
Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam
Green Falls State Campground, Voluntown
Haddam Island State Park, Haddam
Haddam Meadows State Park, Haddam
Haley Farm State Park, Groton
Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison
Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford
Haystack Mountain State Park, Norfolk
Higganum Reservoir State Park, Higganum
Hop River State Park, Multi-Town
Hopemead State Park, Montville/Bozrah
Hopeville Pond State Park, Griswold
Horse Guard State Park, Avon
Housatonic  Meadows State Park, Sharon
Housatonic Meadows State Forest, Sharon
Humaston Brook State Park, Litchfield
Hurd State Park, East Hampton
Indian Well State Park, Shelton
J.A. Minetto State Park, Torrington
James L Goodwin State Forests Forest, Hampton
Kent Falls State Park, Kent
Kettletown State Park, Southbury
Killingly Pond State Park, Killingly
Lake Waramaug State Park, Kent
Lamentation Mountain State Park, Berlin
Lake Williams State Park, Lebanon
Larkin State Park Trail, Southbury/Naugatuck/Oxford/Middlebury
Lovers Leap State Park, New Milford
Macedonia Brook State Park, Kent
Machimoodus State Park, East Haddam
Mansfield Hollow State Park, Mansfield
Mashamoquet State Park, Pomfret
Massacoe State Forest, Simsbury/Canton
Mattatuck State Forest, Multi-Town
Meshomasic State Forest, East Hampton/Glastonbury/Portland
Mianus River State Park, Stamford
Millers Pond State Park, Haddam
Minnie Island State Park, Bozrah, Montville
Mohawk State Forest/ Mohawk Mountain State Park, Goshen/Cornwall
Mohegan State Forest, Scotland
Mono Pond State Park, Columbia
Mooween State Park, Lebanon
Mount Bushnell State Park, Washington
Mount Riga State Park, Salisbury
Mount Tom State Park, Litchfield
Nassahegon State Forest, Burlington
Natchaug State Forest, Eastford
Nathan Hale State Forest, Coventry/Andover
Naugatuck State Forest, Naugatuck/Oxford/Beacon Falls
Nehantic State Forest, Lyme
Nepaug State Forest, New Hartford
Nipmuck State Forest, Union
Nye-Holman State Forest, Tolland
Old Furnace State Park, Killingly
Osbornedale State Park, Derby
Pachaug State Forest, Voluntown
Pattaconk Lake Recreation Area, Chester/Haddam
Paugnut State Forest, Torrington/Winchester
Paugussett State Forest, Newtown
Penwood State Park, Bloomfield
Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted
Platt Hill State Park, Winchester
Pomeroy State Park, Lebanon
Pootatuck State Forest, New Fairfield
Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding
Quaddick State Park, Thompson
Quaddick State Forest, Thompson
Quinebaug Lake State Park, Killingly
Quinnipiac River State Park, North Haven
River Highlands State Park, Cromwell
Rocky Glen State Park, Newtown
Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme
Ross Pond State Park, Killingly
S.L. Pierrepont State Park, Ridgefield
Salmon River Sate Forest, Colchester
Salt Rock State Campground, Sprague
Satan’s Kingdom State Park, New Hartford
Scantic River State Park, Enfield/East Windsor/Somers