Bloomfield · Hartford County
Auerfarm State Park Scenic Reserve
Open farmland gives Bloomfield a different kind of outdoor escape.
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Hartford · Hartford County
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
Objects, documents and personal stories bring Connecticut’s history into view.
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Connecticut Science Center
Hands-on exhibits make science something to investigate in downtown Hartford.
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Connecticut Trolley Museum
Electric railway history becomes a moving experience in East Windsor.
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Connecticut’s Old State House
A former seat of state government stands in the middle of Hartford.
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Dinosaur State Park
Fossil footprints bring deep time into focus in Rocky Hill.
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Elizabeth Park
Rose gardens give this Hartford and West Hartford park its best-known seasonal scene.
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Hill-Stead Museum
Impressionist paintings remain in the domestic setting assembled by the Pope family.
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Lamentation Mountain State Park
A steep section of Connecticut’s traprock landscape rewards hikers with elevated views.
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Massacoe State Forest
Two separate forest blocks offer different outings around Simsbury.
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New Britain Museum of American Art
American art provides the through-line at this New Britain museum.
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New England Air Museum
Aircraft and aviation stories fill hangars near Bradley International Airport.
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Penwood State Park
A wooded ridge above Bloomfield offers a nearby escape from the Hartford area.
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Scantic River State Park
River corridors and traces of former industry link this park’s separate sections.
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Stowe Center for Literary Activism
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Hartford home anchors a place devoted to writing and social change.
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Stratton Brook State Park
A former railroad corridor passes through a wooded park in Simsbury.
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Talcott Mountain State Park
Heublein Tower rises above the Farmington Valley at the end of a woodland climb.
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The Mark Twain House & Museum
A richly detailed Hartford home puts Samuel Clemens’s family life and writing into a physical setting.
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
A castle-like museum building opens onto a broad history of art in downtown Hartford.
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Webb Deane Stevens Museum
A group of historic houses helps tell the story of early American life in Wethersfield.
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Wickham Park
Themed gardens and broad landscape views share this park near Manchester and East Hartford.
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Windsor Locks Canal Trail State Park
A historic canal towpath runs beside the Connecticut River.
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Windsor Meadows State Park
Riverfront land in Windsor connects boating access with walking and cycling routes.
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Landscaping and property care from RJ Property Management LLC, serving the New Haven area. Meet a local team working on the outdoor spaces people come home to.
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