Parks in Connecticut

Discover 11 unusual parks in Connecticut.

North Canaan, Connecticut

Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument

The last blast furnace to close in New England offers a rare window into the region’s once-thriving iron industry.

Meriden, Connecticut

Hubbard Park

Home of the Daffodil Festival, Castle Craig, and a ghostly hound.

The museum with clocktower (left) and Technocratic Cathedral

Stratford, Connecticut

Boothe Memorial Park

This eclectic homestead is home to a miniature windmill and Connecticut's last tollbooth.

Aerial view of the tower and surrounding landscape.

Hamden, Connecticut

Sleeping Giant Observation Tower

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

A Eubrontes and two smaller Grallator tracks with foot for size comparison.

Middlefield, Connecticut

Powder Hill Dinosaur Park

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

State recreation area's entrance sign.

New Hartford, Connecticut

Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?

Today, the defunct facility evokes both grandeur and squalor.

Waterford, Connecticut

Seaside Sanatorium

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

The ruins of the burned down mill.

Hebron, Connecticut

Gay City State Park

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

Hartford, Connecticut

Coltsville

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

East Rock

New Haven, Connecticut

East Rock Park

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

Lock 12 Historical Park

Cheshire, Connecticut

Lock 12 Historical Park

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

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