Sightseeing
Israel Putnam Wolf Den
No admission feeDen within Mashamoquet Brook State Park tied to a famous 1742 wolf hunt.
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Sports & Outdoors
Mashamoquet Brook State Park
A Connecticut state park with trails, camping, fishing, and the legendary Wolf Den rock site.
276 Mashamoquet Road, Pomfret, CT 06259 · Pomfret, CT
About Mashamoquet Brook State Park
Mashamoquet Brook State Park sits in Pomfret and combines three former parks into a wooded area of more than 1,000 acres. Visitors come for its roughly 6.5 miles of looping trails, two campgrounds, trout fishing in the brook, and picnic facilities. The park is known for the Wolf Den, where a famous local tale describes the shooting of Connecticut's last documented wolf, and for nearby stone formations called Table Rock and Indian Chair.
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