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Haystack Mountain State Park, Norfolk, CT

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Sports & Outdoors

Haystack Mountain State Park

Connecticut state park in Norfolk with a stone summit tower offering wide mountain views.

Rte. 272, Norfolk, CT 06058 · Norfolk, CT

About Haystack Mountain State Park

Haystack Mountain State Park in northwest Connecticut centers on a 34-foot stone tower at the summit. Visitors can drive or walk a winding park road partway up, then follow a trail to the top. From the summit, views reach the Berkshires, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont's Green Mountains. The park is especially appealing in fall foliage season and in early summer, when mountain laurel blooms. Winter brings cross-country skiing, and the road is closed to cars then, so visitors walk in. Picnic areas and a pond are also available.

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