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