Beaver Brook State Park

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Beaver Brook State Park is an undeveloped public recreation area covering 401 acres in the towns of Windham and Chaplin, Connecticut. The state park encompasses Bibbins Pond, also known as Beaver Brook Pond, as well as the acreage northward as far as the Air Line State Park Trail, which forms the park's northern boundary. The park is a walk-in facility, open for hunting and trout fishing, managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. ()

Established: 1955 (69 years ago)Elevation: 390 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°43'55"N, 72°7'43"W

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Beaver Brook State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Windham Textile and History Museum, Windham Town Hall, Jillson Mills, Jillson Square Park.

4.3 miW
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Windham Textile and History Museum, Willimantic
110 min walk • The Windham Textile and History Museum is a museum in Willimantic, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States. It is currently located in Main St.
4.8 miW
City hall, Romanesque architecture
Windham Town Hall, Willimantic
122 min walk • The Windham Town Hall is a town hall in Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut.
4.1 miW
Bridge
Jillson Mills, Willimantic
106 min walk • The Jillson Mills is a mill complex in Willimantic, Connecticut. The mills produced cotton thread throughout the lifespan of the operation of the mill.
4.4 miW
Park
Jillson Square Park, Willimantic
112 min walk • Jillson Square Park is park located in Willimantic, Connecticut. It holds the William Jillson Stone House on its area, and is home to the Willimantic Carnival.
4.4 miW
Bridge
Frog Bridge, Willimantic
113 min walk • The Frog Bridge is a bridge located in Willimantic, Connecticut which carries South Street across the Willimantic River. It is known as the Frog Bridge because it has four copper frog sculptures on each end of the bridge, sitting on concrete thread spools.
4 miNW
Cemetery
Mansfield Center Cemetery, Mansfield Center
103 min walk • Mansfield Center Cemetery is a small cemetery in the Mansfield Center section of Mansfield, Connecticut. Established in 1693, it is one of the few surviving elements of Mansfield's early colonial settlement history.
4.5 miW
Museum, History museum
William Jillson Stone House, Willimantic
114 min walk • The William Jillson Stone House is a historic house museum at 561 Main Street inside Jillson Square Park, in the Willimantic section of Windham, Connecticut.
4.6 miW
Bridge
Willimantic Footbridge, Windham
117 min walk • The Willimantic Footbridge is a pedestrian bridge in the Willimantic section of Windham, Connecticut. Built in 1906, it extends from Main Street southward, across Riverside Drive, railroad tracks, and the Willimantic River, connecting downtown Willimantic to the residential area south of the river.
3.2 miNW
Protected area, Nature
Mansfield Hollow Lake
81 min walk • Mansfield Hollow Lake is a reservoir resting on the border of Windham County and Tolland County, Connecticut. The reservoir provides drinking water for Willimantic and helps control flooding in the 159-square-mile Thames River watershed.
4.7 miW
41°42'45"N • 72°12'54"W
Kerri Art Studio and Gallery, Willimantic
119 min walk • Museum
4.9 miW
41°42'44"N • 72°13'8"W
Willimantic Whitewater Partnership, Willimantic
124 min walk • Park