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Lovers Leap State Park, New Milford, CT

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Sports & Outdoors

Lovers Leap State Park

A 160-acre Housatonic River park with gorge views, hiking trails, and historic ruins.

178 Still River Drive, New Milford, CT 06776 · New Milford, CT

About Lovers Leap State Park

Lovers Leap sits on the Housatonic River near Lake Lillinonah and packs scenic overlooks, industrial history, and Native American legend into a compact site. Visitors can cross a century-old iron lenticular truss bridge that rises about 100 feet above the gorge, then walk a short trail to a rock outcrop named for a legend of star-crossed lovers. The park holds roughly four miles of trails and factory ruins, an old estate, and other remnants of the industrial era in its northwest section.

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