For a fairly urbanized state, Connecticut is rich with places to enjoy and learn from the outdoors, including Audubon centers, science and nature centers, aquariums, observatories, and arboretums. Highlights of places where visitors, children, and families can enjoy forests, plant and bird and sea life, walks, and family activities include the Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum in Fairfield, Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University, Bull's Covered Bridge River Walk in Kent, Science Center of Eastern Connecticut in New London, and the Dinosaur Place in Montville.
613 Riversville Road Greenwich, CT Phone: 203-869-5272
915 Whitney Avenue Hamden, CT, 06517 Phone: 203-777-1833
Oak Grove Street Manchester, CT Phone: 860-643-0949
on the grounds of Julian Curtis School, intersection of Milbank Avenue & East Elm Street Greenwich, CT Phone: 203-869-0376
1080 Wintergreen Avenue Hamden, CT, 06514 Phone: 203-946-8016
120 Brookside Road Darien, CT Phone: 203-655-7459
Open: Year-round, Monday - Saturday
70 Gracey Road Canton, CT Phone: 860-693-0263
109 Pequotsepos Road Mystic, CT Phone: 860-536-1216
Route 97 Scotland, CT Phone:
163 Papermill Road New Milford, CT Phone: 860-355-3137
39 Scofieldtown Road Stamford, CT, 06903 Phone: 203-977-6521
Hawthorne Avenue Derby, CT Phone: 203-734-2513
2325 Burr Street Fairfield, CT Phone: 203-259-6305
Flanders Road Woodbury, CT Phone: 203-263-3711
1361 Main Street Glastonbury, CT Phone: 860-633-8402
Route 197 Eastford, CT, 06242 Phone:
30 Greenfield Street Wethersfield, CT Phone: 860-721-2953
Open: Saturdays, 10 am - 1 pm
56 Deer Run Road Ridgefield, CT Phone: 203-762-7280
43 Wilbur Road Washington, CT Phone: 860-868-1960
Open: Year-round, Friday - Sunday, 8am - 4pm
Palmer Neck Road Pawcatuck, CT Phone:
250 Columbus Blvd. Hartford, CT, 06103 Phone: 860-724-3623
Cady Lane Plainfield, CT Phone:
1 Milford Point Road Milford, CT, 06460 Phone: 203-878-7440
175 Shrub Road Bristol, CT Phone: 860-589-6082
10 Woodside Lane Westport, CT, 06880 Phone: 203-557-4400
Granger Lane off Route 177 (Unionville Avenue) Plainville, CT Phone: 860-747-6022
Bull's Bridge Road Kent, CT Phone:
Junction of Routes 195 and 275 Mansfield, CT Phone:
400 West Street Rocky Hill, CT, 06067 Phone: 860-529-8423
Route 190 Somers, CT Phone: 860-346-2372
Open: Year round.
Boothe Memorial Park, 5800 Main Street Stratford, CT Phone:
33 Gallows Lane New London, CT, 06320 Phone: 860-442-0391
314 Unquowa Road Fairfield, CT, 06824 Phone: 203-259-0416
Route 69 Burlington, CT Phone: 860-675-8130
Route 53 Redding, CT Phone: 203-452-3511
218 Day Road Pomfret Center, CT Phone: 860-928-4948
596 Flanders Road Woodbury, CT, 06798 Phone: 203-263-3711
182 Bayberry Lane Westport, CT Phone: 203-227-0925
Central Connecticut State University, 1615 Stanley Street New Britain, CT Phone: 860-832-3399
Open: Call for show times, also by appointment
Route 10, Salmon Brook Road Granby, CT Phone: 860-653-7869
Open: Year round.
Entrances at Avery Hill Road, Avery Hill Extension, Whalehead Road Ledyard, CT Phone:
191 Farmington Avenue Kensington, CT Phone: 860-827-9064
80 Whitehall Road Litchfield, CT, 06759 Phone: 860-567-0857
80 Whitehall Road Litchfield, CT, 06759 Phone: 860-567-0857
145 Lang Road Windsor, CT Phone: 860-285-1886
33 Pent Road Weston, CT, 06883 Phone: 203-226-4991
Kenyon Road Hampton, CT Phone:
Cary Road Greenwich/Stamford border, CT Phone: 203-977-4692
Dennis Road Pomfret, CT Phone: 203-568-6270
325 Cornwall Bridge Road / Route 4 Sharon, CT, 06069 Phone: 860-364-0520
144 Oenoke Ridge New Canaan, CT, 06840 Phone: 203-966-9577
151 Brookdale Road Stamford, CT, 06903 Phone: 203-322-6971
One Museum Drive Greenwich, CT, 06830 Phone: 203-869-0376
10 Deerfield Lane Ansonia, CT, 06401 Phone: 203-736-1053
