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Connecticut State Parks offer a variety of options to enjoy that make up for both outdoor adventure and family fun. The kids are for sure going to love enormous statues and genuine fossilized footprints at Dinosaur State Park. For some lovely Connecticut hiking it’s hard to beat the many trails of Bigelow Hollow. Pachaug State Forest is one of the most favorite adventure sports destinations in Connecticut. It also holds enthralling natural treasures in more than 28,000 acres of woodland where wildlife complements your outdoor adventures.

Biking, kayaking, fishing, boating and camping – whatever may be your pick of fun, this place has certainly some of the lifetime moments to offer. Another park in Hamden boasts a mountain top in two miles of stretch in such an order that it resembles like a sleeping giant, the reason for this park to be named as Sleeping Giant State Park. You can also enjoy great swimming, picnicking, boating and fishing in Lake Housatonic at Indian Well State Park in Shelton.
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Fun for the whole family is waiting at Connecticut’s Dinosaur State Park like the ancient Dilophosaurus might have waited for its prey Otozuom around 200 million years ago. Or possibly the latter might be looking to pounce on the former. Or may be both of them ate plants. The truth is it’s a no expert comment on dinosaurs, but, this fantastic State Park of Connecticut will certainly take one out of you. The museum at the park resembles like a golf ball containing more than 500 preserved dinosaur tracks from the Jurassic Period, the largest collection of the sort in North America. More than 250 species of magnolia, conifers and other cultivars comprise the Arboretum. The plant species are understood to have been existed since the time the dinosaurs did. There are number of nature trails and picnic spots to enjoy. In good weather guests can make plaster casts of dinosaur prints for their very own.
Dinosaur State Park
Located in Stafford Springs in Union Connecticut, the Bigelow Hollow State Park is surrounded by Nipmuck State Forest, erstwhile home of Nipmuck Indians. The area is expanded in a whopping 9,000 acres of lush green cover. Both the park and the adjoining forest combine to form one of the largest stretches of the joint forests. Miles of trails offer immense opportunity to the hiking enthusiasts. A six mile loop around the 18-acre Breakneck Pond takes you to yet another level of adventure both in terms of camping and hiking. And of course, fishing and boating. This 600 acre park is also bordered by the vast 300 acres Mashapaug Lake, which means loads of fun around seemingly endless water body. Visitors come to this site and soak their senses into the majestic blues of the watery beauty.
Bigelow Hollow State Park
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