Connecticut State Parks

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Connecticut State Parks

Park Name	Location
Above All State Park	Warren, CT Litchfield, CT
Air Line State Park Trail	Portland, CT East Hampton, CT Colchester, CT Hebron, CT Columbia, CT Lebanon, CT Windham, CT Chaplin, CT Hampton, CT Pomfret, CT Putnam, CT Thompson, CT
Algonquin State Forest	Colebrook, CT
American Legion State Forest	Barkhamsted, CT
Beaver Brook State Park	Chaplin, CT Windham, CT
Becket Hill State Park	Old Lyme, CT
Beckley Furnace State Park	North Canaan, CT
Bennett’s Ponds State Park	Ridgefield, CT
Bigelow Hollow State Park	Union, CT
Black Rock State Park	Watertown, CT
Bluff Point State Park	Groton, CT
Bolton Notch State Park	Bolton, CT
Brainard Homestead State Park	East Haddam, CT
Burr Pond State Park	Torrington, CT
C.P. Huntington State Park	Redding, CT Bethel, CT Newtown, CT
Camp Columbia State Park / State Forest	Morris, CT
Campbell Falls State Park	Norfolk, CT
Centennial State Forest	Fairfield, CT
Chatfield Hollow State Park	Killingworth, CT
Cockaponset State Forest	Haddam, CT Chester, CT
Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park	Essex, CT
Dart Island State Park	Middletown, CT
Day Pond State Park	Colchester, CT
Dennis Hill State Park	Norfolk, CT
Devil’s Hopyard State Park	East Haddam, CT
Dinosaur State Park	Rocky Hill, CT
Eagle Landing State Park	Haddam, CT
Enders State Forest	Barkhamsted, CT Granby, CT
Farm River State Park	East Haven, CT
Farmington Canal Greenway State Park	Cheshire, CT Hamden, CT
Ferry Landing State Park	Old Lyme, CT
Fort Griswold State Park	Groton, CT
Fort Trumbull State Park	New London, CT
Gardner Lake State Park	Salem, CT
Gay City State Park	Hebron, CT
George Dudley Seymour State Park	Haddam, CT
George Waldo State Park	Southbury, CT
Gillette Castle State Park	East Haddam, CT
Green Falls State Campground	Voluntown, CT
Haddam Island State Park	Haddam, CT
Haddam Meadows State Park	Haddam, CT
Haley Farm State Park	Groton, CT
Hammonasset Beach State Park	Madison, CT
Harkness Memorial State Park	Waterford, CT
Haystack Mountain State Park	Norfolk, CT
Higganum Reservoir State Park	Higganum, CT
Hop River State Park	Andover, CT Bolton, CT Columbia, CT Coventry, CT Manchester, CT Vernon, CT
Hopemead State Park	Bozrah, CT Montville, CT
Hopeville Pond State Park	Griswold, CT
Horse Guard State Park	Avon, CT
Housatonic  Meadows State Park / State Forest	Sharon, CT
Humaston Brook State Park	Litchfield, CT
Hurd State Park	East Hampton, CT
Indian Well State Park	Shelton, CT
J.A. Minetto State Park	Torrington, CT
James L Goodwin State Forests Forest	Hampton, CT
Kent Falls State Park	Kent, CT
Kettletown State Park	Southbury, CT
Killingly Pond State Park	Killingly, CT
Lake Waramaug State Park	Kent, CT
Lamentation Mountain State Park	Berlin, CT
Larkin State Park Trail	Southbury, CT Naugatuck, CT Oxford, CT Middlebury, CT
Lovers Leap State Park	New Milford, CT
Macedonia Brook State Park	Kent, CT
Machimoodus State Park	East Haddam, CT
Mansfield Hollow State Park	Mansfield, CT
Mashamoquet State Park	Pomfret, CT
Massacoe State Forest	Simsbury, CT Canton, CT
Mattatuck State Forest	Harwinton, CT Litchfield, CT Plymouth, CT Thomaston, CT Waterbury, CT Watertown, CT
Meshomasic State Forest	East Hampton, CT Glastonbury, CT Portland, CT
Mianus River State Park	Stamford, CT
Millers Pond State Park	Haddam, CT
Minnie Island State Park	Bozrah, CT Montville, CT
Mohawk State Forest/ Mohawk Mountain State Park	Cornwall, CT Goshen, CT
Mohegan State Forest	Scotland, CT
Mono Pond State Park	Columbia, CT
Mooween State Park	Lebanon, CT
Mount Bushnell State Park	Washington, CT
Mount Riga State Park	Salisbury, CT
Mount Tom State Park	Litchfield, CT
Nassahegon State Forest	Burlington, CT
Natchaug State Forest	Eastford, CT
Nathan Hale State Forest	Andover, CT Coventry, CT
Naugatuck State Forest	Naugatuck, CT Oxford, CT Beacon Falls, CT
Nehantic State Forest	Lyme, CT
Nepaug State Forest	New Hartford, CT
Nipmuck State Forest	Union, CT
Nye-Holman State Forest	Tolland, CT
Old Furnace State Park	Killingly, CT
Osbornedale State Park	Derby, CT
Pachaug State Forest	Voluntown, CT
Pattaconk Lake Recreation Area	Chester, CT Haddam, CT
Paugnut State Forest	Torrington, CT Winchester, CT
Paugussett State Forest	Newtown, CT
Penwood State Park	Bloomfield, CT
Peoples State Forest	Barkhamsted, CT
Platt Hill State Park	Winchester, CT
Pomeroy State Park	Lebanon, CT
Pootatuck State Forest	New Fairfield, CT
Putnam Memorial State Park	Redding, CT
Quaddick State Park	Thompson, CT
Quaddick State Forest	Thompson, CT
Quinebaug Lake State Park	Killingly, CT
Quinnipiac River State Park	North Haven, CT
River Highlands State Park	Cromwell, CT
Rocky Glen State Park	Newtown, CT
Rocky Neck State Park	East Lyme, CT
Ross Pond State Park	Killingly, CT
S.L. Pierrepont State Park	Ridgefield, CT
Salmon River Sate Forest	Colchester, CT
Salt Rock State Campground	Sprague, CT
Satan’s Kingdom State Park	New Hartford, CT
Scantic River State Park	Enfield, CT East Windsor, CT Somers, CT
Selden Neck State Park	Lyme, CT
Shenipsit State Forest	Stafford, CT Somers, CT Ellington, CT
Sherwood Island State Park	Westport, CT
Silver Sands State Park	Milford, CT
Sleeping Giant State Park	Hamden, CT
Southford Falls State Park	Southbury, CT
Squantz Pond State Park	New Fairfield, CT
Stillwater Pond State Park	Torrington, CT
Stoddard Hill State Park	Ledyard, CT
Stratton Brook State Park	Simsbury, CT
Sunnybrook State Park	Torrington, CT
Sunrise State Park	East Haddam, CT
Talcott Mountain State Park	Simsbury, CT
Topsmead State Forest	Litchfield, CT
Tri-Mountain State Park	Durham, CT Wallingford, CT
Trout Brook Valley State Park	Easton, CT
Tunxis State Forest	Granby, CT Barkhamsted, CT Hartland, CT
Wadsworth Falls State Park	Middlefield, CT Middletown, CT
West Rock Ridge State Park	Hamden, CT New Haven, CT
Wharton Brook State Park	Wallingford, CT
Whittemore Glen State Park	Naugatuck, CT Middlebury, CT
Windsor Locks Canal State Park	Windsor Locks, CT
Windsor Meadows State Park	Windsor, CT
Wooster Mountain State Park	Danbury, CT
Wyantenock State Forest	Cornwall, CT

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Connecticut Endangered and Threatened Species Fact Sheets

Endangered Mammals

Least Shrew

Endangered Birds

American Bittern
Barn Owl
Common Moorhen
Grasshopper Sparrow
King Rail
Long-eared Owl
Northern Harrier
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-headed Woodpecker
Roseate Tern
Sedge Wren
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Upland Sandpiper
Vesper Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat

Endangered Reptiles

Bog Turtle
Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Timber Rattlesnake

Endangered Amphibians

Blue-spotted Salamander
Eastern Spadefoot

Endangered Invertebrates

Puritan Tiger Beetle

Threatened Birds

Bald Eagle
Great Egret
Least Bittern
Least Tern
Peregrine Falcon
Piping Plover
Short-eared Owl
Snowy Egret

Threatened Reptiles

Atlantic Green Sea Turtle
Five-lined Skink
Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Threatened Amphibians

Northern Slimy Salamander
Northern Spring Salamander

Special Concern Birds

Purple Martin

Special Concern Reptiles

Common Ribbonsnake
Eastern Box Turtle
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Northern Diamondback Terrapin
Spotted Turtle
Wood Turtle

Special Concern Amphibians

Blue-spotted Salamander
Jefferson Salamander
Mudpuppy

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