By state
National parks in Connecticut
Every National Park Service unit in Connecticut, scored and ranked by our Experience Score.
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National Scenic Trail · CT
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Over 2,190 miles connecting Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail is less a single destination than a lifetime of options.
66WORTH IT
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National Scenic Trail · MA
New England National Scenic Trail
At 235 miles threading from Long Island Sound through Connecticut and Massachusetts, the New England National Scenic Trail rewards hikers willing to engage with a genuinely varied landscape: traprock ridges, river valleys, farmland edges, and forested summits.
54NICHE
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National Historical Park · CT
Weir Farm National Historical Park
Weir Farm is a quiet, unhurried place built around one idea: American Impressionism grew here, on these 60-plus acres of Connecticut woods and fields.
31NICHE
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National Historical Park · CT
Coltsville National Historical Park
Coltsville is a niche historical site built around one of American industry's most consequential stories: the rise of Samuel Colt's firearms empire and, crucially, the quieter legacy of Elizabeth Colt, who steered the company for four decades after her husband's death.
26NICHE
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National Historic Trail · MA
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
This 680-mile corridor traces the 1781 march of Washington and Rochambeau from Newport to Yorktown, the campaign that effectively ended the Revolutionary War.