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Housatonic Meadows
Sharon, Connecticut
Created 1927
452 acres
Housatonic Meadows State Parks is located in the rugged hills of northwest Connecticut, and along the Housatonic River. Canoeing, fly fishing, hiking, and picnicking along the river are among the activities visitors can do in the park. The park has a campground with 95 sites along the river. 

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Talcott Mountain
Simsbury, Connecticut
Created 1965
574 acres
Talcott Mountain State Park is located in northern Connecticut, with its centerpiece being the 950-feet mountain it is named for. The 165-foot high Heublein Tower stands atop Talcott Mountain, and offers spectacular views of nearby Hartford and the surrounding forests. Visitors can hike the 1.25-mile trail to the top of the mountain, picnic, take in the vistas, and see the museum inside of the Heublein Tower.

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Dinosaur
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Created 1968
63 acres
Dinosaur State Park, in central Connecticut, contains one of the largest dinosaur track sites in North America, with 2,000 early Jurassic fossil tracks which are nearly 200 million years old. 500 of these tracks are at the Exhibit Center's geodesic dome, where visitors can see displays and interactive exhibits on the geology of the area. Visitors can also hike, picnic, and geocache.

Other State Parks in Connecticut

Above All State Park
Air Line State Park Trail
Beaver Brook State Park
Becket Hill State Park Reserve
Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
Bennett's Pond State Park
Bigelow Hollow State Park
Black Rock State Park
Bluff Point State Park
Bolton Notch State Park
Brainard Homestead State Park
Burr Pond State Park
Camp Columbia State Park/State Forest
Campbell Falls State Park Reserve
Chatfield Hollow State Park
Collis P. Huntington State Park
Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park
Dart Island State Park
Day Pond State Park
Dennis Hill State Park
Devil's Hopyard State Park
Eagle Landing State Park
Farm River State Park
Farmington Canal State Park Trail
Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park
Fort Trumbull State Park
Gardner Lake State Park
Gay City State Park
George Dudley Seymour State Park
George Waldo State Park
Gillette Castle State Park
Haddam Island State Park
Haddam Meadows State Park
Haley Farm State Park
Hammonasset Beach State Park
Harkness Memorial State Park
Haystack Mountain State Park
Higganum Reservoir State Park
Hop River State Park Trail
Hopemead State Park
Hopeville Pond State Park
Horse Guard State Park
Humaston Brook State Park
Hurd State Park
Indiana Well State Park
John A. Minetto State Park
Kent Falls State Park
Kettletown State Park
Killingly Pond State Park
Lake Waramaug State Park
Lamentation Mountain State Park
Larkin State Park Trail
Lovers Leap State Park
Macedonia Brook State Park
Machimoodus State Park
Mansfield Hollow State Park
Mashamoquet Brook State Park
Mianus River State Park
Millers Pond State Park
Minnie Island State Park
Mohawk Forest/Mohawk Mountain State Park
Mono Pond State Park Reserve
Moosup Valley State Park Trail
Mooween State Park
Mount Bushnell State Park
Mount Riga State Park
Mount Tom State Park
Old Furnace State Park
Osbornedale State Park
Penwood State Park
Platt Hill State Park
Pomeroy State Park
Putnam Memorial State Park
Quaddick State Park
Quinebaug Lake State Park
Quinnipiac River State Park
River Highlands State Park
Rocky Glen State Park
Rocky Neck State Park
Ross Pond State Park
Salt Rock State Campground
Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area
Scantic River State Park
Selden Neck State Park
Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve
Sherwood Island State Park
Silver Sands State Park
Sleeping Giant State Park
Southford Falls State Park
Squantz Pond State Park
Stillwater Pond State Park
Stoddard Hill State Park
Stratton Brook State Park
Sunnybrook State Park
Sunrise Resort State Park
Tri-Mountain State Park
Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve
Wadsworth Falls State Park
West Rock Ridge State Park
Wharton Brook State Park
Whittemore Glen State Park
Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail
Windsor Meadows State Park
Wooster Mountain State Park

Sources

http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325194&deepNav_GID=1650
http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325272&deepNav_GID=1650
http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325220&deepNav_GID=1650
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_State_Park_and_Arboretum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talcott_Mountain_State_Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housatonic_Meadows_State_Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Connecticut_state_parks

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