Picnicking
What better way to discover and enjoy Connecticut’s State Parks and Forests then with a picnic basket in hand! Pack up some of your favorite foods, grab a blanket and a few friends or family members and enjoy a good old picnic.
American Legion State Forest, BarkhamstedBeckley Furnace State Park, North Canaan
Bigelow Hollow State Park, Union
Black Rock State Park, Watertown
Burr Pond State Park, Torrington
Chatfield Hollow State Park, Killingworth
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
Fort Trumbull State Park, New London
Gay City State Park, Hebron
Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam
Haddam Meadows State Park, Haddam
Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison
Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford
Haystack Mountain State Park, Norfolk
Hopeville Pond State Park, Griswold
Housatonic Meadows State Park, Sharon
Hurd State Park, East Hampton
Indian Well State Park, Shelton
John A. Minetto State Park, Torrington
Kent Falls State Park, Kent
Kettletown State Park, Southbury
Lake Waramaug State Park, Kent
Macedonia Brook State Park, Kent
Machimoodus State Forest, East Haddam
Mansfield Hollow State Park, Mansfield
Mashamoquet State Park, Pomfret
Minnie Island State Park, Bozrah/Montville
Mohawk Mountain State Park and Forest, Goshen/Cornwall
Mono Pond State Park, Columbia
Mount Tom State Park, Litchfield
Natchaug State Forest, Eastford
Nehantic State Forest, Lyme
Nipmuck State Forest, Union
Old Furnace State Park, Killingly
Osbornedale State Park, Derby
Pachaug State Forest, Voluntown
Pattaconk Lake State Park, Chester
Penwood State Park, Bloomfield
Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted
Platt Hill State Park, Winchester
Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding
Quaddick State Park, Thompson
Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme
Salmon River State Forest, Colchester
Shenipsit State Forest, Stafford/Somers/Ellington
Sherwood Island State Park, Westport
Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden
Southford Falls State Park, Southbury
Squantz Pond State Park, New Fairfield
Stratton Brook State Park, Simsbury
Sunnybrook State Park, Torrington
Talcott Mountain State Park, Simsbury
Topsmead State Forest, Litchfield
Wadsworth Falls State Park, Middlefield/Middletown
West Rock Ridge State Park, Hamden/New Haven
Wharton Brook State Park, Wallingford
Windsor Meadows State Park, Windsor