Sports & Outdoors
Machimoodus State Park
No admission feeA 300-acre state park in Moodus with river overlooks, meadows, ponds, and hiking trails.
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Sports & Outdoors
Haddam Meadows State Park
A riverside state park on the Connecticut River offering boating, fishing, and picnicking.
20 Parmelee Rd. Haddam, CT 06438 · Haddam, CT
About Haddam Meadows State Park
This park sits on the west bank of the Connecticut River in Haddam and is run by Connecticut's energy and environment agency. Visitors can launch canoes, kayaks, or motorboats, fish along the banks where catfish and pike are common, and eat lunch at tables overlooking the water. Its trails pass through marsh, beach, sand bar, fern growths, meadow, and hardwood forest. The land was donated in 1944, and the park remains open to visitors year-round.
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