Explore Farmington, CT
Farmington at a Glance
Part of Hartford County
My Highlights
Coming soon!
Hiking
Town Parks
- Batterson Park – Unexplored
- Burnt Hill Trail – Unexplored
- Farmington Flats Loop Trail – Unexplored
- Farmington Memorial Town Forest – Unexplored
- Farmington Reservoir –★★– 0.8 mile – Up and over the ridge above the reservoir and past eagle rock
- Heritage Bridge Trail – Unexplored
- Hill–Stead Museum –★★– 2.4 miles –
- John McManama Nature Trail – Unexplored
- Power Dams Trail – Unexplored
- Suburban Park – Unexplored
- Taine Mountain – Unexplored
Land Trust
- Farmington Land Trust
- Canal Aqueduct/Henry Mason Trail – Unexplored
- Cowles Parcel/Alice Conklin Nature Trail – Unexplored
- Mountain Spring Nature Trail – Unexplored
- Farmington Land Trust
State Parks / Forest
- Shade Swamp WS – Unexplored
- Hospital Rock – State Archaeological Preserve
Blue Blaze
- Metacomet / New England Trail
- Will Warren’s Den – 4.1 miles – (North Parking) (South Parking) Highlights include Pinnacle Rock overlook, Rattlesnake Ledges, Will Warren’s Den, and Hospital Rock
- Farmington Reservoir – 0.8 miles – Up and over the ridge above the reservoir and past eagle rock
- Hill-Stead Museum — 0.6 miles — (Parking) Continues the ridge at the eastern edge of the property
- 2 mile mixed trail and road walk on Prattling Pond Rd, Metacomet Rd, and Old Mountain Rd
- Metacomet / New England Trail
The Rest
- Hospital Rock – State Archaeological Preserve
Boating/Fishing
- Farmington River
Coming soon!
The 12th oldest town in Connecticut. Farmington, settled in 1640; incorporated and named, Dec. 1645. “Tunxis shall be called Farmington” = farming town. Called “the mother of towns” because 9 other communities were once land in Farmington.
