Picnicking
Picnicking / Grilling
What better way to discover and enjoy Connecticut's State Parks and Forests then with a picnic basket in hand! Pack up some of your favorite foods, grab a blanket and a few friends or family members and enjoy a good old picnic at any of our state parks and forests.
Grilling is allowed at all parks and forests except Topsmead State Forest.
Grills are available for use at:
- Bigelow Hollow State Park, Union
- Black Rock State Park, Watertown
- Bluff Point State Park, Groton
- Burr Pond State Park, Torrington
- Chatfield Hollow State Park, Killingworth
- Day Pond State Park, Colchester
- Devil's Hopyard State Park, East Haddam
- Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill
- Gay City State Park, Hebron
- Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam
- Haddam Meadows State Park, Haddam
- Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison
- Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford
- Hopeville Pond State Park, Griswold
- Housatonic Meadows State Park, Sharon
- Hurd State Park, East Hampton
- Indian Well State Park, Shelton
- Kent Falls State Park, Kent
- Kettletown State Park, Southbury
- Lake Waramaug State Park, Kent
- Macedonia Brook State Park, Kent (Firepits)
- Mansfield Hollow State Park, Mansfield
- Mashamoquet State Park, Pomfret
- Mohawk Mountain State Park and Forest, Goshen/Cornwall
- Mount Tom State Park, Litchfield
- Natchaug State Forest, Eastford
- Nehantic State Forest, Lyme
- Osbornedale State Park, Derby
- Pachaug State Forest, Voluntown (Green Falls Area)
- Pattaconk Lake State Park, Chester
- Penwood State Park, Bloomfield
- Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted
- Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding
- Quaddick State Park, Thompson
- Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme
- Salmon River State Forest, Colchester
- Shenipsit State Forest, Stafford/Somers/Ellington
- Silver Sands State Park, Milford
- Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden
- Southford Falls State Park, Southbury
- Squantz Pond State Park, New Fairfield
- Stratton Brook State Park, Simsbury
- Talcott Mountain State Park, Simsbury
- Wadsworth Falls State Park, Middlefield/Middletown
- Wharton Brook State Park, Wallingford
- Windsor Meadows State Park, Windsor
Picnic shelters at many state parks are available for rental from Memorial Day through Columbus Day. More information on Picnic Shelter Rentals.
Content last updated October 2014