⛺ Camping on public land in Connecticut

375 public places in Connecticut are listed for camping (305 state & public land, 46 state parks, 24 state forests). 0 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

Rules, seasons and closures vary by unit. Confirm with the managing agency before you go.

The places

🗺️ Amos Avery PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Avery Hill Farms Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ball Pond Town ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beaver Brook Linear ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blish Memorial ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bobby's Court (2 Parcels)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Bozrah Street Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bradley–Buchanan WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bulkley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Camp Oakdale Recreation CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chimneysweep Hill Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chriswood Trace Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Church Farm PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Colchester Spur TrailUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Connecticut College ArboretumUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coppermine Village Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dennis Farm PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dividend Pond Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dowell Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dunhamtown ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eastbury Hill III Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Easter Seals CampUnknown — check official site
🗺️ France Street Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great HollowUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Greenman PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Guilford Salt Meadow SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Guilford Sportsman AssociationUnknown — check official site
🗺️ GungywampUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Haley's Brook PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Hammonasset Beach State ParkCT residents free; $22/vehicle non-res weekends
🗺️ Hazen ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hemlock HillsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Highland Lake ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hubbard ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ I-291 CorridorUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Joshua Farms Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kingwood & Meadow ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Knowlton Hill PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lancaster Woods Open Space (3 Parcels And Walkway)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Lantern Lane Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ledyard Glacial ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lewis Farm Bird SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Laurel Lime ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Minson TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mountainview Estates Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Old Breakneck Hill Road Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Old Bridge ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pike Marshall PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pine Manor SubdivisionUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Poquetanuck Cove PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Poquetanuck School Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Prospect Mountain PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Racy Forest and PropertyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Richard Strong Memorial Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sawmill Brook PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Schoolhouse Brook ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Shelter Falls ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Stenger Farm ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Stonehenge Subdivision Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Stony Brook Estates (Diane Lane) 3 ParcelsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tanglewood Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tarrywile ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ The Sheffield Scientific School-Yale UniversityUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Town ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Of Bridgewater-Lake Lillinonah TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (162 Roosevelt)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (Commodore Avenue)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (High Ridge Road)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (Natural Areas)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (Obtuse Rocks Road)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (Sanford Drive)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (Walnut Farms Subdiv.)3ParcelsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Weldon Picnic AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ West Hill Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ White Memorial FoundationUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Whitehall PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Woodfield Crossing Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Wyndwood Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Yale-Myers ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Yannatos PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section)Unknown — check official site
🌳 Airline State Park Trail (Southern Section)Unknown — check official site
🌲 Algonquin State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Applegate AcresUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Appleton Nature Preserve TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Atkinson Family PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Avery Farm Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bafflin SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Balf Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Baxter Road Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bayberry Farms TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beaver BrookUnknown — check official site
🌳 Beaver Brook State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Benedict Benson PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bent of the River Audubon CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bernard Church WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Berwick PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big MapleUnknown — check official site
🌳 Bigelow Hollow State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bigelow Howard Valley Game ClubUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Birdcraft Museum & SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bishop EstateUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blue Hills Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blue Hills Trails Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🌳 Bluff Point State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Bolton Notch State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Booth PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Boulder Knoll PropertyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brooksvale ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Buckingham Reservoir WatershedUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bull Hill PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Burr Pond State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Camp Columbia State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Camp SequassenUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Campert PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Candlewood MountainUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carocari TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carriage HillsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Case Mountain Recreational AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Casertano PropertyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cedar Meadow PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cedar Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cedars Road Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chase Reservoir Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cheney Rail TrailUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesterfield Hills Estate Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chidley Way Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ City of Groton Watershed LandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ City of Meriden Watershed Reserve LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ City of New Britain Public Watershed LandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ City of New London Public Watershed LandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cobble Brook Vista PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Cockaponset State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌳 Collis P. Huntington State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Colt ManorUnknown — check official site
🌳 Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park TrailUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Curtiss HillUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Deep River Reservoir WatershedUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Deer Run SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🌳 Devil's Hopyard State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Don Henne Memorial TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dudley Barrows WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eagleville Pond LaunchUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East Creek Saltmarsh MeadowsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East River WoodlandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ EastwoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Edward Waldo TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ellise Road Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🌲 Enders State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fairchild Wildflower SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fairview Watershed Reserve LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Farm Ponds TractUnknown — check official site
🌳 Farmington Canal Line State Park TrailUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fawn Drive Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fieldcrest Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fin, Fur, and Feather ClubUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Finguera PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Folly Brook Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fountain LakeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fox Hill Drive Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frederick White FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gavel Family Farm PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Gay City State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 George C. Waldo State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gladys Foster PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Good Hill Farm PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Granby Land Trust PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great MeadowUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great Mountain ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great Pond Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Greystone Court Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Griffin's FlatsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Griswold PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gurleyville Grist MillUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hammonasset Fishing Association LandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hanover Fields Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hayden PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Haystack Mountain State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hemphill PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hewitt FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Historic Indian Trails Park Lane AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hoadley CreekUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hollowell Brook PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Homestead Drive Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hop Brook Lake Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Hop River State Park TrailUnknown — check official site
🌳 Hopemead State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Hopeville Pond State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Humaston Brook State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hyde Park Drive Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Indian Rock Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Indian Well State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ives FarmUnknown — check official site
🌲 James L. Goodwin State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jared Eliot PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jean and Hobart Mitchell PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 John A. Minetto State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jonathan Lane Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Judd Brook PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kampmeyer PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kennerly TractUnknown — check official site
🌳 Kent Falls State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Drive East Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Hammonasset Public Watershed LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Saltonstall Watershed Reserve LandUnknown — check official site
🌳 Larkin State Park TrailUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Laurel Crest TractsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Laurel Leaf Drive Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lilly PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Linda J. Rapoport Memorial PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little West PondUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Long Cove Saltmarsh MeadowsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lord Cove PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Lovers Leap State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lower Pond PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lydall Watershed LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lydall WoodsUnknown — check official site
🌳 Machimoodus State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Macricostas PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Madison Town LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Manchester Field and WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Mansfield Hollow State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mary's IslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marzahl RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mashapaug PondUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mattatuck State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mattatuck State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McCulloch Family Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McLean Game RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Meadow LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Meadowbrook Drive Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🌲 Meshomasic State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌳 Mianus River State Park Scenic ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Miller Lapin SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mine Hill PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mohawk State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mohegan ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mohegan State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌳 Mooween State ParkUnknown — check official site

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