Quinnipiac River State Park

200 Mount Carmel Avenue

203-789-7498

The Quinnipiac River flows 38 miles from its headwaters in Plainville to its mouth in New Haven. Nearly six of those miles and 323 acres of floodplain are protected in this park, which is an assemblage of four sections. The most accessible of these is the southernmost which is crossed by Connecticut’s blue blazed trail system.

Activities

Car-Top Boating
Fishing
Hiking
Hunting

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