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  • Dinosaur State Park

Fun for the whole family is waiting at Connecticut’s Dinosaur State Park, waiting as patiently as the ancient Dilophosaurus waited some 200 million years ago on these very grounds when it stalked it’s prey, the wary Otozuom. Or possibly it was the other way around. Or maybe both of them ate plants. The truth is I’m no expert on dinosaurs, but this fantastic Connecticut state park will certainly make one out of you.

The golf-ball like exhibition down contains more than 500 preserved dinosaur tracks from the Jurassic Period, the largest in North America. There are also cool life-sized dioramas depicting life in Connecticut in the time of the thunder-lizards. The nearby Arboretum is devoted to rare Connecticut plant species that existed at the same time as the dinosaurs.

It isn’t all paleontology at Dinosaur State Park, however. There are also picnic tables and nature trails to enjoy, and in good weather guests can make plaster casts of dinosaur prints for their very own. Don’t forget to stop by the gift-shop!

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Marriott Rocky Hill Hartford 118.820.6
Residence Inn Marriott Rky Hil 109.951.2
Hampton Inn Rocky Hill 75.651.7
Howard Johnson Exp Rocky Hill 60.001.7
Super 8 Hartford South Rocky 55.991.8
Comfort Inn Wethersfield 99.002.1
Grantmoore Motor Lodge 0.003.4
Crowne Plaza Hartford Cromwell 126.004.1
Comfort Inn Cromwell 89.994.2
Courtyard Marriott Cromwell 129.004.2
Super 8 Cromwell Middletown 50.904.2
Americas Best Value Inn 48.004.4
Hilton Garden Inn Glastonbury 170.005.1
Hilton Garden Inn Hartford South/glastonbury 125.235.1
Homewood Suites Hartford South 160.655.2
Days Inn Hartford 54.395.5
Holiday Inn Ex Ste Conv Ctr 94.005.6
La Quinta Inn & Suites New Britain/hartford South 55.006.4
La Quinta Innstes New Britain 65.006.4
Inn At Middletown 159.006.6
Best Western New England Inn 88.946.8
Courtyard Marriott Farmington 119.957.1
Days Inn Berlin Ct 52.007.1
Wesley Inn & Suites 63.007.1
Econo Lodge East Hartford 52.997.2
Marriott Hartford Downtown 189.007.7
Hampton Stes East Hartford 97.767.8
Americas Best Value Inn 51.007.9
Marriott Execustay Trumbull 0.007.9
Sheraton Hartford Hotel 89.007.9
Holiday Inn Express Downtown 85.008.0
Homewood Suites Hartford 116.108.0
Marriott Execustay Hartford 21 0.008.0
Oakwood At Hartford 21 120.008.0
Residence Inn Marriott Downtow 203.008.0
Crowne Plaza Downtown 104.008.1
Hilton Hartford 95.208.1
Holiday Inn Exp Stes Meriden 79.008.1
Quality Inn And Suites 75.008.1
Comfort Inn And Suites East Ha 99.998.2
Holiday Inn East Hartford 88.008.2
Esd Hartford Farmington 69.998.3
Marriott Farmington 99.958.5
Red Carpet Inn And Suites Meri 59.998.7
West Hartford Inn 81.008.7
Passport Inn And Suites Middle 57.008.9
His Hartfordfarmington 84.009.0
Clarion Suites Inn Manchester 109.999.1
Fairfield Inn N Stes Marriott 99.009.1
Homewood Stes Farmington Ct 126.789.1
Super 8 Hartford Windsor 43.999.3
Americas Best Value Inn 41.399.4
Innplace Suites 89.009.8
Esa Hartford-meriden 59.999.9
The Farmington Inn 103.5710.2
Candlewood Suites Meriden 55.0010.4
Hampton Inn Meridenwallingfrd 67.1210.5
Comfort Inn And Suites 69.0010.6
Four Points Meriden 90.0010.8
Motel 6 Hartfordwethersfield 45.9910.9
Manchester Inn 49.0011.0
Holiday Inn Expres Southington 80.1111.2
Days Inn Southington 52.0011.3
Motel 6 Hartford Southington 45.9911.3
Knights Inn Southington 44.0011.4
Marriott Execustay Aspen Woods 0.0011.4
Hampton Inn Suites Manchester 84.6011.5
Centennial Inn Hotel And Spa 158.6711.8
Fairfield Inn N Stes Marriott 99.9411.8
Courtyard Marriott Manchester 89.0012.5
Residence Inn Marriott Manches 170.5012.6
Americas Best Value Inn 59.9612.7
Extendedstay Manchester 74.9412.9
Residence Inn Marriott Southin 148.9612.9
Avon Old Farms Hotel 129.0013.3
Baymont Inn And Suites Manches 92.6513.3
Baymont Inn And Suites Manchester 92.5913.3
Clarion Hotel Bristol 89.0013.3
Courtyard Marriott Wallingford 119.0013.3
Hmewd Ste Wallingford Meriden 152.1013.3
Homewood Suites By Hilton 118.1513.3
Fairfield Inn Marriott Walling 78.9413.4
Residence Inn Marriott Hartfor 109.0014.0
Residence Inn Marriott Avon 188.9014.2
Holiday Inn Express Vernon 92.0014.3
Econo Lodge Plantsville 59.9914.4
Comfort Suites Southington 114.0014.5
Hilton Gi Hartford North 99.0015.0
Hyatt Summerfield Hartford Win 113.0015.0
Comfort Inn Vernon 89.9515.1
Courtyard Marriott Hartford 179.0015.2
Howard Johnson Hartford East 65.0015.2
Marriott Hartford Windsor Ap 199.9515.2
Hartford/windsor Marriott Airport 119.9515.3
The Simsbury Inn 169.0015.9
Americas Best Value Inn Suites 46.7516.4
Simsbury 1820 House 130.4017.0
Bh Suites Windsor Locks 76.5017.4
Bh Suites Windsor Locks 76.5017.4
Bradley Hotel 59.0017.4
Bradley Hotel And Conference C 79.0017.4
Iron Horse Inn 75.0017.6
Red Carpet Inn And Suites 71.9917.9
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Hampton Inn Hartford Airport 84.1518.1
Ramada Bradley Airport 87.2018.2
Doubletree Bradley Intl Arpt 79.9918.3
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Homewood Stes Hartford Windsor 99.0018.4
Fairfield Inn Hartford Airport 109.0018.5
La Quinta Hartfordbradley Air 89.0918.5
Motel 6 59.9518.5
Motel 6 Hartford Windsor Locks 43.9918.8
Candlewood Suites Bradley Arpt 80.0018.9
Econo Lodge Inn And Suites Air 69.9518.9
Days Inn Windsor Locks 67.1519.0
Sheraton At Bradley Intl Apo 199.1919.2
Springhill Stes Marriott Arpt 89.0019.2
Clarion Inn Bradley Airport 79.9419.3
Holiday Inn Exp Windsor Locks 87.2019.3
Comfort Inn East Windsor 89.9919.4
Holiday Inn I 91 124.0020.1
Days Inn Hamden 55.0020.7
Holiday Inn Express Waterbury 98.1120.9
Courtyard Marriott Waterbury 119.0021.0
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Marriott Execustay Town Walk 0.0022.5
Carriage House 33.3322.7
Clarion Hotel And Suites 129.9922.8
Hampton Inn Waterbury Ct 89.0022.8
Hampton Inn Spfld Sth Enfield 89.1023.4
Comfort Inn Naugatuck 89.0023.5
Nathan Hale Inn Conf Ctr 149.0023.5
Motel 6 Hartford Enfield 50.9623.6
Red Roof Enfield 52.1923.7
Copper Beech Inn 306.4924.1
Best Western Regent Inn 87.5024.3
Americas Best Value Inn 52.6925.1
Comfort Inn Guilford 159.9525.2
Tower Inn And Suites 69.9525.2
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Days Inn & Conference Center Branford 55.9925.5
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Royal Inn Torrington 50.0025.6
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Holiday Inn Express Branford 102.0025.8
Motel 6 New Haven Branford 49.9925.8
Yankee Pedlar Inn 99.0026.1
Madison Beach Hotel 159.0026.5
Quality Inn And Suites 119.9926.5
Econo Lodge Conference Center 51.5127.2
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Tollgate Hill Inn 115.0027.5
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The Historic Mansion Inn 249.0027.7
Omni New Haven Hotel At Yale 99.0027.8
The Study At Yale 170.0027.8
Liberty Inn 69.0027.9
Quality Inn East Haven 74.9527.9
Super 8 Old Saybrook Ct 47.2028.0
Waters Edge Resort And Spa 225.0028.0
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Crowne Plaza Southbury 101.9528.3
La Quinta New Haven 69.0028.3
Winvian 650.0028.3
Days Inn Old Saybrook Ct 47.2028.4
Knights Inn Old Saybrook 59.4928.5
Comfort Suites Norwich 85.0028.7
Premiere Hotel And Suites 134.0028.9
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NOAA's National Weather Service Forecast by 24 Hour Period
 Point Forecast:
Last Update: 2012-02-10T01:26:04Z
Forecast at a Glance
Friday (AM)
Snow
Snow
Lo 31°F
Hi 47°F
Saturday (AM)
Snow
Snow
Lo 16°F
Hi 36°F
Sunday (AM)
Slight Chance Snow Showers
Slight Chance Snow Showers
Lo 11°F
Hi 26°F
Monday (AM)
Partly Sunny
Partly Sunny
Lo 25°F
Hi 35°F
Tuesday (AM)
Slight Chance Rain/Snow
Slight Chance Rain/Snow
Lo 29°F
Hi 44°F
Wednesday (AM)
Partly Sunny
Partly Sunny
Lo 30°F
Hi 46°F

Current weather conditions at nearest station
Location Weather Update Time Temp Humidity(%) Other
Hartford-Brainard Airport, CT Overcast May 23 2011, 12:53 am EDT 54.0 F 83% 5.3 Miles Wind: 5
Wind Chill: 53 F (12 C)
Meriden Markham Municipal Airport, CT Light Rain May 23 2011, 12:53 am EDT 52.0 F 89% 13.4 Miles Wind: 3
Wind Chill:
Windsor Locks, Bradley International Airport, CT Overcast May 23 2011, 12:51 am EDT 54.0 F 80% 19.9 Miles Wind: 7
Wind Chill: 52 F (11 C)
Chester, CT Light Drizzle May 23 2011, 12:55 am EDT 52.0 F 94% 20.2 Miles Wind: 4
Wind Chill: 51 F (11 C)
Willimantic, Windham Airport, CT Overcast May 23 2011, 12:52 am EDT 52.0 F 86% 25.4 Miles Wind: 6
Wind Chill: 50 F (10 C)
New Haven/Tweed, CT Light Rain May 23 2011, 12:53 am EDT 53.0 F 89% 28.3 Miles Wind: 5
Wind Chill: 51 F (11 C)
Oxford Automatic Weather Observing / Reporting Sys, CT Overcast May 23 2011, 12:55 am EDT 50.0 F 88% 28.5 Miles Wind: 7
Wind Chill: 47 F (8 C)
8465705 - New Haven, CT May 22 2011, 4:18 pm EST 57.6 F NA 28.7 Miles Wind: 6.02
Wind Chill: 56 F (13 C)
Westfield, Barnes Municipal Airport, MA Overcast May 23 2011, 12:53 am EDT 54.0 F 80% 35.2 Miles Wind: 8
Wind Chill: 51 F (11 C)
8461490 - New London, CT May 22 2011, 4:18 pm EST 54.9 F NA 35.9 Miles Wind: 8.94
Wind Chill: 52 F (11 C)