At this time we continue to keep our trails open to the public. We feel it is important to get out and get some sunshine to feel the restorative power of nature, especially during this difficult time. Enjoy DPNC's outdoor resources while keeping your distance and taking all the virus precautions. Please respect personal distances when out on the trails and if you are feeling ill at all please stay home. Our buildings at the Nature Center and Coogan Farm remain closed until further notice. Click here to see our trail map. ( https://dpnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018-DPNC-Trail-Map-web2

Conserving and studying Connecticut’s environment through science-based education and advocacy focused on the state’s bird populations. The Center at Pomfret offers a camp for kids, as well as nature activities and events.

The Colchester History Museum houses four exhibit rooms illustrating the diverse history of Colchester and the region. The exhibits include the History of the Bulkeley Family, pilgrims to the new world who went on to become ministers, statesmen, and founders. The exhibit includes the story of the discovery and excavation of the Gershom Bulkeley Tomb. A special exhibit, Emerging from the Shadows: the Story of Colchester's School for Colored Children, 1803-1840 tells the story of a unique educational opportunity for African Americans in Colchester during the early in the 19th-century. Additional

Our naan, the famous Indian flatbread, is prepared in a traditional clay oven (tandoor). Grilled shrimp, succulent lamb chops, seekh kebabs, malai kebabs, and salmon tikkas are some of our most renowned dishes. Indian cuisine is as diverse as its people and geography. Over the centuries, each wave of settlers brought their own culinary practices, which, over time, blended into the Indian cuisine we know today. Most Indian dishes share a common thread: the significant use of spices such as cumin, mustard seeds, turmeric, fenugreek, coriander, red chili powder, and asafoetida. Another essential

Located on the Mitchell College campus, this ice cream parlor serves up everyone's old fashioned ice cream favorites. Sock hops and concerts are held throughout the season.

Flanders Fish Market & Restaurant is a family story beginning in 1983. Paul Formica and his wife, Donna, drove past a little house on Chesterfield Road in what was then called Flanders, CT, and thought, “That could be a fresh fish market.” That December, with Donna & Paul expecting their first child, they opened the Fish Market with only $41 to their name, and they had to put it in the register to make change. Since that December of 1983, Paul and his late wife Donna now have four children, and Flanders Fish has gone from simply a Fresh Fish Market to a Full-Service and Award-Winning