Surf & Turf

Slow down and see Connecticut’s all-season beauty on foot.

• Blue-Blazed Trails
  The Connecticut Forest and Park Association maintains more than 800 miles of trails through every sort of terrain.
• White Memorial Foundation
  Hike through the state’s largest nature center and wildlife sanctuary, with 4,000 acres of fields, woods and wetlands and 35 miles of trails.
• Steep Rock Association
  Steep Rock, Hidden Valley and Macricostas preserves offer splendid hiking in western Connecticut. Pick one that’s your speed and enjoy.

Locals and visitors alike converge on Connecticut’s coast in summer.

• Sherwood Island State Park
  The state’s oldest state park offers two large public beaches and an observation platform great for wildlife viewing.
• Hammonasset Beach State Park
  Find your season on two miles of white-sand beach, miles of hiking trails, a nature center and a lookout deck.
• Rocky Neck State Park
  Enjoy the half-mile crescent beach, people-watch on the boardwalk and camp at one of the 160 campsites.
• Ocean Beach Park
  The sandy beach beckons and the boardwalk buzzes with a classic carousel and other amusement park rides.

Water sports abound along Connecticut’s  200 miles of coastline and nearly 10,000 miles of river-and-stream shoreline.

• Salmon River
  Kayakers and canoers can never get enough of traveling through Salmon River State forest. How about you?
• Satan’s Kingdom State Recreation Area
  Tubing down the Farmington River is a popular pastime here, where  gentle riffles and three sets of wild rapids await.
• RiverQuest
  Watch the world and the Connecticut River drift by, and keep any eye out for bald eagles, great blue herons and great egrets.