Leisure Resources - North Region

Camps and Vacation Opportunities

Best Buddies Connecticut
52 Whitney Avenue, 2nd Floor
New Haven, CT 06510
203.773.9233 - Phone
203.777.6289 - Fax
866.CT.BUDDY - Toll-Free
https://www.bestbuddies.org/connecticut/
State Director - Nikki Besitko

Best Buddies^® is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment.

Bright Days Recreational Services
13 Monska Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
413-529-0250
Overnight trips for people with disabilities.

Camp Harkness

301 Great Neck Rd.

Waterford, CT 06385

860-443-7818

Elisa Marcoux, RTS1 Camp Director

A state park for people with disabilities. Year-round camping, beach, picnic facilities, and accessible playground.

Camp Hemlocks
85 Jones St.
P.O. Box 198
Hebron, CT 06248-0198
(860) 228-9496
www.ct.easterseals.com

Camp Horizons
127 Babcock Hill Rd,
South Windham, CT 06266
Phone: (860)456-1032
Fax: (860)456-4721
http://www.horizonsct.org/

Connecticut Recreation and Parks Association, Inc.
1800 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 172
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
Phone: (860) 721-0384

Fax: (860) 529-8708
www.crpa.com

Connecticut Summer Youth Camps Directory
390 Winchester Rd.
Winsted, CT 06098

SERC- State Education Resource Center
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown, CT 06457-1520
Telephone: (860) 632-1485
FAX: (860) 632-8870
www.ctserc.org

Special Olympics Connecticut

Eastern Region (includes Hartford and surrounding areas)
Marc Mercadante
Regional Director
Special Olympics Connecticut
Eastern Region
401 West Thames Street,
Suite 107
Norwich, CT 06360
Phone: 860-887-1555
Toll free: 877-660-6667
Fax: 860-887-7435
MarcM@soct.org

Beau Doherty

President

Special Olympics Connecticut

2666 State Street, Suite 1

Hamden, CT 06517

Phone: 203-230-1201

Toll free: 800-443-6105

Fax: 203-230-1202

Sprout
893 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10025
1888-222-9768
www.GoSprout.org
Vacation opportunities for people with developmental disabilities.

Youth Summer Activities in the State of CT –

United Way of Connecticut

1344 Silas Deane Highway

Rocky Hill, Connecticut 06067-1350

Phone: 860-571-7500

Fax: 860-571-7525

www.211ct.org/focus/youth.asp

2-1-1 is a public/private partnership between the State of Connecticut and Connecticut United Ways.

Day Trip Opportunities

Bridgeport	Ct Beardsley Zoo	www.Beardsleyzoo.org
Bridgeport	Discovery Museum	www.discoverymuseum.org
Bristol	The Family Center's Imagine Nation Museum	https://www.imaginenation.org/
Bristol	The New England Carousel Museum	www.thecarouselmuseum.org
Bristol	Lake Compounds	www.lakecompounce.com
Danbury	Railway Museum	http://danburyrailwaymuseum.org/
East Haven	The Shoreline Trolley Museum	www.bera.org
Essex	Ct.River Museum	www.ctrivermuseum.org
Fairfield County	MaryAnn Halls Music for Children	www.musicforchildren.net
Farmington	Hill-Stead Museum	www.hillstead.org
Hartford	The Mark Twain House	www.marktwainhouse.org
Hartford	Yard Goats Baseball	https://www.milb.com/hartford
Middlebury	Quassy Amusement Park	www.quassy.com
Montville	The Dinosaur Place	www.thedinosaurplace.com
Mystic	Mystic Aquarium	www.mystic.org
Mystic	Mystic Seaport	www.mysticseaport.org
New Britain	Bees Baseball	http://nbbees.com/
Niantic	Children's Museum of Southeasten Ct.	www.childrensmuseumsect.org
Norwalk	The Maritime Aquarium	www.maritimeaquarium.org
Norwalk	Stepping Stones Museum	www.steppingstonemuseum.org
Thomaston	Railroad Museum of New England Inc.	www.rmne.org
Torrington	Warner Theatre	www.WARNERTHEATRE.ORG
Waterbury	Palace Theater	www.palacetheatrect.org
West Hartford	The Children’s Museum	https://www.thechildrensmuseumct.org/
Mad Science	Mad Science of Southeastern Connecticut	www.madscience.org/seconn
CT Fairs Guide	Connecticut Fairs	www.ctfairs.org