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
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
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.