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.
1875 Noble Avenue Bridgeport, CT, 06610 Phone: 203-394-6565
More than 300 animals, and lots of activities, waiting for you at this terrific zoo
One Museum Drive Greenwich, CT, 06830 Phone: 203-869-0376
Museum offers an up-close glimpse of the wonders of science, nature
55 Coogan Boulevard Mystic, CT, 06355 Phone: 860-572-5955
Science and the natural world are at the heart of this educational and fun-to-visit aquarium
182 Bayberry Lane Westport, CT Phone: 203-227-0925
39 Scofieldtown Road Stamford, CT, 06903 Phone: 203-322-1646
10 Woodside Lane Westport, CT Phone: 203-227-7253
151 Brookdale Road Stamford, CT Phone: 203-322-6971
613 Riversville Road Greenwich, CT Phone: 203-869-5272
915 Whitney Avenue Hamden, CT Phone: 203-777-1833
163 Papermill Road New Milford, CT Phone: 860-355-3137
325 Cornwall Bridge Road / Route 4 Sharon, CT, 06069 Phone: 860-364-0520
175 Shrub Road Bristol, CT Phone: 860-589-6082
Cary Road Greenwich/Stamford border, CT Phone: 203-977-4692
10 Deerfield Lane Ansonia, CT, 06401 Phone: 203-736-1053
218 Day Road Pomfret Center, CT Phone: 860-928-4948
144 Oenoke Ridge New Canaan, CT, 06840 Phone: 203-966-9577
314 Unquowa Road Fairfield, CT, 06824 Phone: 203-259-0416
Route 10, Salmon Brook Road Granby, CT Phone: 860-653-7869
Open: Year round.
Central Connecticut State University, 1615 Stanley Street New Britain, CT Phone: 860-832-3399
Open: Call for show times, also by appointment
Palmer Neck Road Pawcatuck, CT Phone:
Route 97 Scotland, CT Phone:
Entrances at Avery Hill Road, Avery Hill Extension, Whalehead Road Ledyard, CT Phone:
Hawthorne Avenue Derby, CT Phone: 203-734-2513
Kenyon Road Hampton, CT Phone:
Boothe Memorial Park, 5800 Main Street Stratford, CT Phone:
250 Columbus Blvd. Hartford, CT, 06103 Phone: 860-724-3623
56 Deer Run Road Ridgefield, CT Phone: 203-762-7280
1 Milford Point Road Milford, CT Phone: 203-878-7440
Flanders Road Woodbury, CT Phone: 203-263-3711
2325 Burr Street Fairfield, CT Phone: 203-259-6305
145 Lang Road Windsor, CT Phone: 860-285-1886
43 Wilbur Road Washington, CT Phone: 860-868-1960
Open: Year-round, Friday - Sunday, 8am - 4pm
109 Pequotsepos Road Mystic, CT Phone: 860-536-1216
80 Whitehall Road (off Route 202) Litchfield, CT Phone: 860-567-0857
30 Greenfield Street Wethersfield, CT Phone: 860-721-2953
Open: Saturdays, 10 am - 1 pm
Route 197 Union, CT Phone:
Flanders Road Woodbury, CT, 06798 Phone: 203-263-3711
120 Brookside Road Darien, CT Phone: 203-655-7459
Open: Year-round, Monday - Saturday
Route 190 Somers, CT Phone: 860-346-2372
Open: Year round.
400 West Street Rocky Hill, CT Phone: 860-529-8423
Junction of Routes 195 and 275 Mansfield, CT Phone:
Route 53 Redding, CT Phone: 203-452-3511
Bull's Bridge Road Kent, CT Phone:
Route 69 Burlington, CT Phone: 860-675-8130
Granger Lane off Route 177 (Unionville Avenue) Plainville, CT Phone: 860-747-6022
1361 Main Street Glastonbury, CT Phone: 860-633-8402
Wintergreen Avenue New Haven, CT Phone: 203-946-6559
on the grounds of Julian Curtis School, intersection of Milbank Avenue & East Elm Street Greenwich, CT Phone: 203-869-0376
Dennis Road Pomfret, CT Phone: 203-568-6270
Cady Lane Plainfield, CT Phone:
33 Pent Road Weston, CT Phone: 203-226-4991
Oak Grove Street Manchester, CT Phone: 860-643-0949
33 Gallows Lane New London, CT, 06320 Phone: 860-442-0391
191 Farmington Avenue Kensington, CT Phone: 860-827-9064
70 Gracey Road Canton, CT Phone: 860-693-0263
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