Housatonic Meadows State Park

#3655 among destinations in the United States

Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area

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Housatonic Meadows State Park is a public recreation area covering 452 acres along the Housatonic River in the towns of Sharon and Cornwall, Connecticut. The state park offers opportunities for camping, hiking, picnicking, canoeing, and fly-fishing. It is crossed by the Appalachian Trail and is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. ()

Established: 1927 (98 years ago)Coordinates: 41°50'25"N, 73°22'46"W

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Housatonic Meadows State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mohawk Mountain Ski Area, West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Audubon Sharon, Cornwall Historical Society.

3.5 miE
Winter sport, Ski area
Mohawk Mountain Ski Area, Mohawk State Forest
91 min walk • Mohawk Mountain is a ski area located in Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The ski area was built on the northwest slope of Mohawk Mountain by Walt Schoenknecht in 1947.
2.3 miN
Bridge
West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Cornwall
59 min walk • The West Cornwall Covered Bridge is a wooden covered lattice truss bridge carrying the Sharon-Goshen Turnpike over the Housatonic River in the town of Cornwall, Connecticut.
4.1 miW
Park
Audubon Sharon, Sharon
104 min walk • Audubon Sharon, which consists of the Sharon Audubon Center and the Emily Winthrop Miles Wildlife Sanctuary, is a wildlife sanctuary of the National Audubon Society in Sharon, Connecticut. The 1,147 acres of the Sharon Audubon Center property is primarily forest land with two ponds with 11 miles of trails for visitors to use.
2.6 miE
41°50'45"N • 73°19'47"W
Cornwall Historical Society, Cornwall
66 min walk • History museum, Museum
4.7 miS
Protected area, Nature
Kent Falls State Park
121 min walk • Kent Falls State Park is a public recreation area located in the town of Kent, Connecticut, within the Litchfield Hills region of the southern Berkshires.
2.7 miE
National park
Cathedral Pines
70 min walk • Cathedral Pines is a 42-acre nature preserve owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy in Cornwall, Connecticut. It is an old-growth white pine and hemlock forest which had been donated in 1967 by the Calhoun family who had purchased it in 1883 to prevent logging.