Windham County

The Quiet Corner of Connecticut.

Most Popular Locations

• Diana’s Pool
• Tri State Marker East
• Cat Hollow
• Old Furnace State Park

My Recommendations

• Nipmuck Trail: Boston Hollow
• Tri-State Marker East
• Tinkerville Brook

Best Overlook: Old Furnace State Park but the Lem Walker Loop is a hidden gem

Best Waterfall: Cargill Falls is powerful but my pick is the man-made falls of Cat Hollow

Other Highlights: Wolf Den at Mashamoquet Brook

Boating/Fishing

• Willimantic River
• Quinebaug River
• Thompson Reservoir
• Quaddick State Park
• Halls Pond
• Quinebaug Lake
• Ross Pond
• Pine Acres Lake
• Crystal Pond
• Natchaug River
• Bibbins Pond

Regional Land Trusts

• Joshua’s Trust
• Wolf Den Land Trust
• Wyndham Land Trust
• New Roxbury Land Trust

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• Ashford (17 hiking areas for 42 miles of trails, 1 fishing/boating)
  • Highlight is Boston Hollow
• Brooklyn (7 hiking areas for 10 miles, 1 fishing/boating area)
  • Highlight Davis Forest
• Canterbury (2 hiking areas for 2.5 miles, 1 fishing/boating area)
  • Highlight is Kinne Preserve
• Chaplin (8 hiking areas for 16.5 miles, 3 fishing/boating areas, and a disc golf course)
  • Highlight is Diana’s Pool
• Eastford (6 hiking areas for 23.5 miles, 1 fishing/boating area)
  • Highlight is Halls Pond
• Hampton (13 hiking areas for 31.2 miles, 2 fishing/boating areas)
  • Highlight is Goodwin State Forest
• Killingly (15 hiking areas for 20.6 miles, 5 fishing/boating areas)
  • Highlight is Old Furnace State Park
• Plainfield (3 hiking areas for 10 miles, 1 fishing/boating area)
  • Highlight is Sugar Brook
• Pomfret (13 hiking areas for 43.2 miles, 1 fishing/boating area)
  • Highlight is Wolf Den
• Putnam (3 hiking areas for 3.1 miles, 1 fishing/boating area)
  • Highlight is Cargill Falls
• Scotland (5 hiking areas for 11.5 miles, 0 fishing/boating areas)
  • Highlight is Rock Spring
• Sterling (2 hiking areas for 6.1 miles, 1 fishing/boating area)
  • Highlight is Pharisee Rock
• Thompson (12 hiking areas for 28.5 miles, 2 fishing/boating areas)
  • Highlight is the Tri-State Marker
• Windham (5 hiking areas for 10 miles, 2 fishing/boating areas)
  • Highlight is Allanach Wolf Woodlands
• Woodstock (11 hiking areas for 11.5 miles, 4 fishing/boating areas)
  • Highlight is the Lem Walker Loop

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