Nature reserves in Connecticut
Land set aside and kept that way — refuges, game lands and wilderness, each held by somebody who says so on the record.
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3,199 nature reserves are published in Connecticut. The list below holds the 700 best-documented.
- Mount Tom State Park
- Lamentation Mountain State Park
- Mount Riga State Park
- Farm River State Park
- Squantz Pond State Park
- Nathan Hale State Forest
- Sunrise State Park
- Selden Neck State ParkNational Register
- Minnie Island State Park
- River Highlands State Park
- Kettletown State Park
- Dinosaur State Park
- Lake Waramaug State Park
- Campbell Falls State Park Reserve
- Sunny Brook State Park
- Hurd State Park
- Day Pond State Park
- Dennis Hill State Park
- Housatonic State Forest
- Osbornedale State Park
- Haley Farm State Park
- Wadsworth Falls State Park
- Massacoe State Forest
- Great Captains Island
- Old Furnace State Park
- Dart Island State Park
- Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve
- Richard E. Gorman Park
- Chatfield Hollow State Park
- Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve
- Rocky Glen State Park Scenic Reserve
- Rocky Neck State Park
- Mashamoquet Brook State Park
- Mount Bushnell State Park Scenic Reserve
- Weir Farm
- Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area
- Mianus River State Park
- Putnam Memorial State ParkNational Register
- Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area
- Black Rock State Park
- Horse Guard State Park Scenic Reserve
- Lock 12 Historical Park
- Centennial Watershed State Forest
- George Dudley Seymour State Park
- Above All State Park
- Becket Hill State Park Reserve
- J.B. Williams Park
- Mono Pond State Park Reserve
- Platt Hill State Park
- Audubon Center at Fairfield
- Williams Park
- Countryside Park
- Great Oak Park
- Woodcrest Park
- William E. Wolfe Park
- Neipsic Bog Reserve
- Nod Brook State Wildlife Area
- Brian E. Tierney Nature Preserve
- Center Groton Open Space
- Great Harbor Hunting Area
- Haley Woods Open Space
- Assekonk Swamp State Wildlife Management Area
- Aldrich Park & Field
- Lane's Mine Nature Park
- North Branch State Access Area
- Matianuck Natural Area Preserve
- Greenwich Island
- Jackson Cove Park
- East Haven Marsh Wildlife Area
- Hoyts Swamp
- Miles Wildlife Sanctuary
- Elm Ridge Park
- Rich Island
- Old Mine Park
- Newman Mills Park
- Wintergreen Woods
- Stony Brook Park
- Mereduth Hill Open Space
- Mooney's Woods
- River Road Preserve
- Mystic Ridge Subdivision Open Space
- Vauxhall Property
- Shady Oak Open Space
- Belden Forest
- Diving Island
- Echo Lake
- Cotton Hollow Preserve
- Sunset Rock State Park Scenic Reserve
- Doctor Francis Giuffrida Park
- Mill Woods Park
- Lyman Allen Lot
- Cherry Lane Park
- Rosa Hartman Park
- Rainbow Park
- Sloping Acres Park
- Lord Island
- Veterans Park
- Corey Subdivision Open Space
- Romanella Subdivision Open Space
- Great Harbor Wildlife Area
- Valley Falls Park
- Pickerel Lake
- Watrous Open Space
- Doctor John E Flaherty State Wildlife Area
- Bittner Park
- Spring Pond Park
- Bates Woods Park
- Kiely Park
- Birch Plain Creek Open Space
- Emery Park
- Veteran's Memorial Park
- Lester B. Williams Memorial Forest
- Fisher Meadows Recreation Area
- Jesse F. Smith Town Forest
- Filley Park
- Leonard J. Bradley Park
- Nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park
- Robert G. Beach Memorial Park
- Keney Park
- Rowland Park
- Lake Zoar Wildlife Area
- Litchfield Town Beach
- Bear Mountain Reservation
- Lafayette Park
- Stony Hill Subdivision Open Space
- Charlie Arnold Property
- Grassy Island
- Peace Nature Sanctuary
- Black Pond State Wildlife Area
- American Italian Civic Club Park
- Spring Park
- No Mans Land Swamp
- Hungerford Park
- Copp Park
- Tinkerville Brook Preserve
- Hamlin Pond Park
- Phoenix Drive Open Space
- Ceravolo Subdivision Open Space
- Solair Recreation League
- Eightmile River State Access Area
- Pitch Pines Park
- Pequot Woods Park
- Lozier Subdivision Open Space
- Spectacle Swamp
- Marion K Wilcox Park
- Pompey Hollow Park
- Iron Mountain Preserve
- Devils Glen Park
- Ray ParkBuilt 1921
- Byram River Gorge
- Malcolm and Susan Barlow Park
- Town Open Space (Brookshire Lane)
- Lewis Drive Open Space
- Hollister Preserve
- Hilltop Subdivision II
- PTA Lane Open Space
- Bartlett Street Open Space
- Bradford Nature Preserve
- UConn Forest Moss Tract
- Lachance Open Space
- Loos Pond Conservation Area
- Martin Road Open Space
- Smut Pond Open Space
- Town Of Canaan
- Salem Community Park
- Found Land Recreation Area
- Lakewood Drive Open Space
- Wells Road Open Space
- Fawn Brook West Branch Open Space
- Tax Lien
- Connecticut Waterfowlers Association
- Town Open Space (18 Heather Lane)
- Patricks Court Open Space
- Mayflower
- Halfway River Acquistion
- Town Open Space (Briar Ridge Road, Rear)
- Tobacco Ridge Open Space (3 Parcels)
- Yoakum Preserve
- Mistuxet Hill Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy)
- Langlois Preserve
- Balf's Bluffs Open Space
- Town Open Space (Wildcat Road)
- Ken Eric Noel Preserve
- Broomstick Ledges
- Kathan Woods
- Town Conservation Land (Brook Street)
- Mixville Hills Property
- Skyview Drive Open Space
- Silver Birch Lane
- North Farms Park
- Gully Green
- Allanach-Wolf Woodlands
- Trombetta Woods Open Space
- Union Street Preserve
- Main Street Open Space
- Reservoir Park
- Page Road Swamp
- Triangle (Deep River Road)
- Deepwood
- Bond Preserve
- Stonehouse Road Open Space
- Windsorville Road Open Space
- David Storrs Chapin Coney Rock Preserve
- Jared Sparks Road Open Space
- Pecausett Harper Preserve
- Mile Creek Preserve
- Clove Hill Road Open Space
- Mlct (Canaday Lane)
- Kotal Preserve
- Torrey Preserve
- Creaser Park
- Valley View Farms Open Space
- Peck Pond
- Brook Street Bog
- Sassafras Lane
- Fliegel Farm Woods
- Quinnipiac Park
- Town Open Space (West Granby Road)
- Winthrop Place Tract
- Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary
- Old Quarry Nature Center
- The Nature Conservancy (Canaan Mountain (Foster))(Easement)
- Town Of Berlin (Canterbury Road)
- Truelove-McLean Tract
- Hammond Avenue Open Space
- Town Hall And Museum
- Town Open Space (New Britain Avenue)
- Water Street Open Space
- Fish Subdivision Open Space
- McIntosh Pond
- Peter Welling Property
- Bloch Preserve
- Town Open Space (Salt Works Road)
- Town Open Space
- Town Open Space (Orchard Park Road)
- Fennerswood Preserve O'Neill Tract
- Town Open Space (Round Hill Road Parcel A)
- Filley Road Open Space
- Valley Cotton Mill Preserve
- Town Open Space (Big Horn Road)
- Richard Croft Mem. Preserve (Ct Audubon Society)
- Town Open Space (Key Rock Road)
- Town Open Space (Hattertown Road)
- Podgwaite PreserveBuilt 1998
- Carson–Town Hall Open Space
- Perry Road Open Space
- Topscott Easement
- Bozrah Hay Mowing Lot
- Dinosaur Tract Park
- Washington Public Beach
- Town Open Space (Route 128)
- Hubbell Mountain Farm
- Hein Trails
- Somers Sportsmen's Association
- Quarry Park
- Devils Den
- Levy Park
- Mallory Preserve
- Town Open Space (Pleasant Rise Drive)
- Diana's Pool
- Chestnut Hollow Grist Mill Trails
- Sunset Ridge Road Open Space
- Orchard Street Open Space
- Town Open Space (5 Parcels)
- Rattlesnake Preserve
- Town Open Space (Durham Road)
- Church Farm Center for Arts and Sciences
- Birnham Wood Development (2 Parcels)
- Fairfield Acres
- Sportsman's Club
- Town Open Space (Off Charnley Road)
- Jeremy Hill Road Open Space
- Fitch's Pond Tract
- Barnum Property
- Jones Reserve
- Massapeag Point Road Open Space
- Great Meadows I Open Space
- Hartl Tract
- Farrington Tract
- Helen Carlson Wildlife Sanctuary
- Donnelly Property
- Towner Hill Preserve
- Walnut Street Tract
- Town Open Space (Grieb Road)
- Elderslie Preserve
- Town Open Space (The Old Road)
- Tom and Ginnie Howard Educational Preserve
- Town Open Space (Poverty Hollow Road)
- Whittlesey Brook Preserve
- Daniel W. Talmadge Conservation Tract
- Peter Welling Property
- Walter E. Mislick Memorial Preserve
- Daniel P. Wren Park
- Audubon Greenwich
- Stablitz Preserve
- Wimisink Preserve
- Lincoln Estates Subdivision
- Rettich Preserve
- Costello Circle Open Space
- Sunset Pond
- Mountain View Road Open Space
- Prospect Street Open Space
- Vinnick Open Space
- Posy Panko Park
- Ernest Hillman Jr. Nature Preserve
- Newtown Forest Association, Inc
- Farmcliff Open Space
- Town Open Space (Ridgebury Road)
- Davison Memorial Walking Park
- Anni and Peter Bergman Preserve
- Thrall Park
- Schultz Park
- Bob & Esther Heller Preserve
- The Nature Conservancy Zweig (Easement)
- WLT Oswegatchie Woods Tract
- Maplewood West Open Space Area (2 Parcels)
- Utley Hill Preserve
- Scoville Easement
- Quinebaug Fish Hatchery
- Rock Spring Wildlife Refuge
- Stafford Road Open Space
- Quakertown Meadows Open Space
- Town Open Space (Woodbine Lane)
- Firehouse No. 3 Open Space
- Josias Byles Sanctuary
- Rockhaven Pad & Subdivision
- NHLT Crockett Preserve
- Wiacek Open Space
- Carlson's Grove
- Ancient Oak Preserve
- Birch Street Open Space
- Town Open Space (55 Canal Road, Rear)
- Mount McNiff Preserve
- Pirone-Setaside
- Land Cons. Of Ridgefield (Ledges Road)
- Farrington Woods
- Saugatuck Falls Natural Area
- Pond Road Open Space
- Pinchot Sycamore Area
- Florida Refuge
- Davis Road Open Space
- Moore Preserve
- Lyon Preserve
- Irma and Charles Levonius Preserve
- Turkey Hill PreserveBuilt 2011
- Town Park (Little York Road)
- Walbridge Woodland
- Snake Meadow Club
- Fernbridge Subdivision Open Space
- Norwich Fish & Game Club
- Enfield Historical Society
- First Naturalist Church Wildlife Sanctuary
- Little Lane Open Space
- Great Brook Open Space
- Blue Flag Meadow
- Sterry Preserve
- Willow Court
- Avery Community Gardens
- Guetliweg Preserve
- Sywak Subdivision
- Baldwin Park
- Sylvan Lake Park
- Parke Memorial Tract
- University of Hartford Open Space
- Town Open Space (Sunrise Circle)
- Oakwood Drive Open Space
- Town Open Space (Hurd Rd, Marathon Rd, Ranch Dr)
- Town Open Space (Coram Road, Rear) 2 Parcels
- Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Blackman)
- Buff Cap Road Open Space
- Watch Rock Preserve
- Smith Brook Open Space
- Little Meadow Brook
- Town Open Space (Barnett Property)
- Carriage Drive Open Space
- Hopewell Heights Subdivision
- Culver Lane Open Space
- West Dayton Hill
- Muck Swamp
- Hinckley Hill Preserve - Pequot Court (Avalonia Land Conservancy)
- Town Open Space (Grove Beach Road, North)
- Robbins Preserve
- Crescent Lake Park
- Kingswood
- Babcock Ridge Preserve
- Ames Family Open Space
- Grayville Road Open Space
- Wagner Wildlife Sanctuary
- Knox Family Farm Preserve
- Thompson Brook Preserve
- Town Open Space (Southeast Of Brainard Road)
- Town Open Space (Pole Bridge Road)
- Terry Road Open Space
- Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Laws)
- Duck Pond Hill
- Cedar Meadows Open Space
- Robbie Road Reserve
- Salem Town Trails
- Green Manor Park
- Town Open Space (Vineland Road)
- Mussman Open Space
- Deane Haag Property
- Maple Street Open Space
- Geraldine Stutz PreserveBuilt 2020
- Jordan Mill Park
- Path to Wellness Preserve
- Town Open Space (Fieldstone Drive)
- North Main Street Open Space
- Simmons Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy)
- Dale Inc. (Devine Road)
- Marsh Pond
- Ravine Trail Preserve
- Manning–Ferris Park
- Butler Drive Open Space
- Shailor Ledges Preserve
- Castlerock Lane
- Saint Johns Place Open Space
- Sunny Valley Foundation,Inc.- Fost Tract
- Ruez Trail
- Charter Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary
- Ahnert Preserve
- West Mountain Park & Mt Farms Open Space (2 Parc)
- Town Of Berlin (Chestnut Lane)
- Gonch Farm Road Open Space
- Warren Woods-Town Park
- Alcorn Preserve
- Norman Drive Open Space
- Yanner Property
- Town Open Space (Limestone Road)
- Brokaw Preserve
- Storrs Road Open Space
- Hoffman-Matthiessen-DeGerenday Preserve
- Ellen Dodge Tract
- The Nature Conservancy Grigg Property (Easement) Reverted
- Watrous Woods
- Eleanor and Flood Reed Memorial Woodlands
- Main Street Open Space
- Bagburn Estates Tract
- Rodell’s Roost for Robins
- Halmar, Inc. (Partridge Meadow)
- Town Open Space (Mcveagh Road)
- Camp Mattatuck
- Miller Farm Preserve
- Homestead Drive Open Space
- General John Hoar Preserve
- Sunset Ridge Preserve
- Ledyard Sportsmans Club
- Old Slocum Road Open Space
- Old Farm
- Crystal Ridge Subdivision Open Space
- Alexander and Melba Zihrup Open Space Preserve
- Cat Hollow Town Park
- Town Open Space (East Of Chief Street)
- Timber Trail Park
- Clinton Town Beach
- Gray Open Space
- Town Open Space (2 Parcels)
- Town Open Space (Sugar Street)
- Town Open Space (North Of Hazard Avenue)
- NHLT South Nepaug Brook Preserve
- Town Open Space (Bruce Drive)
- Cider Mill Historical Site
- South Road Open Space
- Gorman Natural Area
- Edwin Way Teale Memorial Sanctuary at Trail Wood
- Lions Memorial Park
- Byram River Gorge
- Town Open Space (Mamanasco Road)
- Whispering Woods Preserve
- Altschul Preserve
- Dunn Hill Road Open Space
- Town Of Berlin (Wildermere Road)
- Rickel Easement
- Nicholas Foran Park
- Town Open Space (Cope Farms Subdiv.) 3 Parcels
- Meyers Farm Preserve
- East Village Park
- Town Open Space (East Of Saint James Avenue)
- Broad Brook Road Open Space
- Whispering Hollow Subdivision
- Ash Brook Drive Open Space
- H. Smith Richardson Wildlife Preserve
- Portland Reservoir
- Seven Steps Falls Preserve
- McDonnell Preserve
- Lakeview Avenue Open Space
- Quonnipaug Mountain
- Town Open Space (Secor Road)
- Town Open Space (Kimberly Ct)
- Vine Street Open Space
- Sporn Property
- Thomas Pool Memorial
- Sanford Setaside
- Schindler-Schmidt Conservation Area
- Saner Road Open Space
- Bolton Open Space
- Henriques Preserve
- Barnum Road Tract
- Perry Natural Area
- Center Meadow
- Tyler Open Space
- Inka's Woods Preserve
- Newtown Forest Association, Inc
- Battle Street Open Space
- Haddam–Chester Line Open Space
- Town Open Space (North Street
- Utley Hill Preserve
- Hannah Lane Open Space
- Julius M. Hansen Park
- Estonia Club
- Tobacco Ridge Open Space (3 Parcels)
- Pratt Street Open Space
- Josephine Way Open Space
- Town Open Space
- Benedict Road
- Town Open Space (Hunt's Land)
- Shelley Lane Open Space
- Glover Preserve
- Wakeman Lane Open Space
- Buckland Pond
- Bolton Heritage Farm
- Choate Brook Preserve
- Town Open Space (Bristol Lane)
- Town of Granby Open Space
- Manchester Fox and Coon Club
- Blue Spruce Open Space
- Town Open Space (Stephen Drive)
- East Street Open Space
- Theodore Gellert Preserve
- Whipstick Road Open Space
- Hammonasset River
- Town Open Space (Maple Avenue)
- Campbell Conservation Area
- Dalessio
- Werner's Woods
- Land Cons. Of Ridgefield (Pine Mountain Road)
- River Park
- Geary Open Space
- Pratt Preserve
- Town Open Space (Ned's Mountain Road)
- Town Open Space
- Timberlands
- Robert and Mary Valentine Preserve
- Town Open Space (End Of Colony Road)
- Evelyn & Hawthorne Smyth Sanctuary
- Canterbury Turnpike Open Space
- Edward R. Laby Memorial Preserve
- The Preserve at Castle Hill
- Squire Glen
- Town Of Berlin (Newton Street)
- Pond Meadow
- Pequotsepos Preserve
- Boulder Lane Open Space
- White Street Open Space
- Fern Ledge
- Bridge Street Open Space
- Town Open Space (Cedar Hill Road)
- Stephenson Preserve
- King Street Open Space
- Tatson's Woods Preserve
- Hillside Farm Preserve
- Marjorie Circle Open Space
- Deans Mill Farm Preserve
- Mountainside Open Space
- Durham Rod And Gun Club
- Minor Preserve
- Briarwood Subdivision (G&P Stewart)
- Town Open Space (Woodhouse Avenue)
- Sherwood Millpond
- Town Open Space (Mountain Mannor Road)
- Town Of New Milford (Clatter Valley)
- West Mountain Park & Mt Farms Open Space (2 Parc)
- Dunham Woods Preserve
- Stormfield
- Mooney Preserve
- Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve
- Meadows End Tract
- Hauser Preserve
- Fellen Road Open Space
- Chiampa Preserve
- Shade Swamp Sanctuary
- Merrow Parcel
- River Road Open Space
- Neipsic Springs Subdivision 4 (2 Parcels)
- Scalzi Riverwalk Nature Preserve
- Gallup Preserve
- Ash Swamp Road Open Space
- East Pratte Avenue Open Space
- Silver Spring Road Open Space
- Briarwood Subdivision (G&P Stewart)
- Streeter Open Space
- Fermier Road Open Space
- Goose Island
- Kalmia Drive Open Space
- Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Makl)
- Eaton Road Open Space
- Parsonage Hill Manor Open Space
- Admiral Sir Gordon Ramsey Sanctuary
- Hunters Road Open Space
- Stonehouse Road Open Space
- Manley HeightsBuilt 1979-12-10
- Town Open Space (West Of Plainfield Street)
- Town Open Space (Currituck Road)
- Town Open Space (Indian Hollow Road)
- Daniel Civitillo Ash Swamp
- Woodja Hill
- Eagle Drive Open Space
- Alejo Park
- Liberty Lane
- Newtown Forest Association, Inc
- Land Conservancy of Ridgefield (Ned's Mountain Road) 4 Parcels
- Carpenter Easement
- Old Division Street Open Space
- Great Meadows III Open Space
- Bato Preserve
- Town Open Space (Rear Of Copper Dr & Silver La)
- Devils Den
- Boulder Crest Lane Park
- Sturtevant Street Open Space
- Town Of Woodbury Open Space
- Camp Pomeraug
- Newtown Forest Association, Inc
- Town Open Space (Craigmoor Road)
- Town Open Space (Kondracki Lane)
- Albany Avenue Open Space
- Birch Hill Estates Open Space
- Point Meadow Open Space
- Townshend Preserve
- Town Open Space (Walnut Tree Hill Road)
- Kent Farms Associates, Inc. (2 Parcels)
- Goberis Chadwick Preserve
- Stillman Tract
- Transylvania Woods
- Town Open Space (Castle Hill Road)
- Town Open Space (Wildcat Springs Drive)
- Green Falls River Glen Preserve
- Colonial Heights
- Orchard Preserve
- Root Road Open Space
- Philip Drive Open Space
- Abeling Field
- Munyan Road Open Space
- Talman Street Open Space
- The Nature Conservancy Benton Hill Fen (Owned)
- Roaring Brook Woodlands
- Paffard Woods Preserve
- Bolton Meadows/Tumblebrook Drive
- Moss Park
- Owen's Mere
- Pexto Field
- Selden Landing
- Seaside Avenue Open Space
- Sykes Sanctuary
- Town Open Space (Lounsbury Road)
- Gurley–Mason Mill Site
- Town Open Space (Romagna Road)
- Mill Brook Park
- Fairhaven Tract
- Balawender Drive Open Space
- Hanover Road Open Space
- Long Hill Road Open Space
- Casey Lane Reserve (2 Parcels)
- Sabine Preserve
- Heron Cove Park
- Bristol Park
- Woodja Hill
- Sharon Mountain Preserve
- Farmstead Road Open Space
- Lynch Hill Road Open Space
- Old Cardillo Property
- Crane Hill Road Open Space
- Town Open Space (Barrack-Matiff)
- Mary Alice White Easement
- Centennial Watershed State Forest
- Town Open Space
- Quinnipiac Meadows Open Space
- Sharon Drive Open Space
- Town Open Space (79 Woodland Street)
- Humiston Park (Owned By Thomaston)
- Town Open Space (West Of Saint James Avenue)
- Skyview Open Space
- Rickel Easement
- Old Parsonage Estates Open Space
- Putnam Preserve
- Hunters Road Open Space
- Sunset Hill Preserve
- DeDominicis PropertyBuilt 2003
- Peake Brook Road Open Space
- Willington Avenue Open Space
- Rankin Preserve
- 1860 Reservoir Open Space
- George A. Harmon Woodlot
- Town Open Space (North Street At Tannery Hill Dr.)
- John and Madeline McLean Outdoor Educational Preserve
- Cross Brook Preserve
- Mansfield City Open Space
- The Spencer Woods Wildlife Preserve
- Roskear Farm Open Space
- Rosenfeld Easement
- Hangman Hill Road Open Space