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Do you like camping, hiking, biking, picnicking or just a place to relax?

Colchester is a short drive from a wide range of parks for your enjoyment.  Here's a short listing of the more popular parks within a short drive from town.

 

We will update this table to keep you abreast of great places to visits.  Please click the address links for greater details and directions.

Name Address Town Telephone Entrance fee
Bluff Point State Park Depot Road Groton (860) 444-7591 No
Day Pond State Park SR 149 Colchester (860) 295-9523 Yes
Devil's Hopyard State Park 366 Hopyard Road East Haddam (860) 873-8566 No
Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park Clarence B. Sharp Highway Groton (860) 449-6877 No
Fort Trumbull State Park 90 Walbach Street New London (860) 444-7591 No
Gillette Castle State Park 67 River Road East Haddam (860) 526-2336 Yes for Castle tour
Haley Farm State Park Haley Farm Lane Groton (860) 444-7591 No
Harkness Memorial
State Park 		275 Great Neck Road Waterford (860) 443-5725 Yes
Hopeville Pond
State Park 		SR 201 Griswold (860) 376-2920 Yes
Nehantic
State Forest 		SR 156 Lyme (860) 526-2336 No
Pachaug State Forest SR 49 Voluntown (860) 376-4075  
Rocky Neck State Park SR 156 East Lyme (860) 739-5471 Yes
Salmon River State Forest SR 16 Colchester (860) 295-9523 No

 

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