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The state park offers swimming, fishing, and other activities on 238 acres (96 ha) of beach, wetlands, and woodlands. Sherwood Island is numbered as Connecticut's first state park because state purchase of land at the site began in 1914. [3] [4] [5] The park is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
This is a list of state parks, reserves, forests and wildlife management areas (WMAs) in the Connecticut state park and forest system, shown in five tables. The first table lists state parks and reserves, the second lists state park trails, the third lists state forests, the fourth lists Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) and the fifth lists other state-owned, recreation-related areas.
Squantz Pond State Park is a public recreation area located 10 miles (16 km) north of Danbury in the town of New Fairfield, Connecticut. [2] The state park encompasses 172 acres (70 ha) on the southwestern shore of 270-acre (110 ha) Squantz Pond, [3] offering opportunities for boating, swimming, fishing, and hiking.
Gardner Lake State Park is a public recreation area occupying 10 acres (4.0 ha) on the southern edge of Gardner Lake in the town of Salem, Connecticut. The state park offers opportunities for boating, fishing, and swimming and is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection .
Gay City State Park is a public recreation area on the Blackledge River in the towns of Hebron and Bolton, Connecticut. [3] The state park occupies 1,569 acres (635 ha) bordering Meshomasic State Forest and is accessible from State Route 85 .
Bantam Lake is the largest natural lake in Connecticut, covering 947 acres (383 ha) in the towns of Morris and Litchfield. Much of the land at the northern end of the lake, including the peninsula of Marsh Point, is protected by the White Memorial Foundation and home to a wide array of bird species. [ 5 ]
Lake Washinee is about 1.6 miles (2.6 km) long, and under a quarter mile (0.4 km) wide of except for its squarish roughly 0.5 by 0.6 mile (0.8 by 1.0 km) southernmost section. Its deepest part is around 21 feet (6.4 m). Lake Washining is much rounder, and roughly 0.9 by 1.3 miles (1.5 by 2 km). It has a maximum depth of 80 feet (24 m).
Silver Sands State Park is a public recreation area located on Long Island Sound in the city of Milford, Connecticut. [3] The state park consists of 297 acres (120 ha) of beach, dunes, restored salt marsh , open areas and woods as well as the 14-acre (5.7 ha) bird sanctuary of Charles Island . [ 4 ]