A regional hub for outdoor communities across Connecticut, including Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Stamford, New London, the Connecticut River Valley, the Housatonic River corridor, the Litchfield Hills, Long Island Sound, and the I-84 and I-95 corridors. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region.
Includes these county-equivalent planning regions: Capitol, Greater Bridgeport, Lower Connecticut River Valley, Naugatuck Valley, Northeastern Connecticut, Northwest Hills, South Central Connecticut, Southeastern Connecticut, and Western Connecticut.
Connecticut’s outdoor landscape ranges from the Appalachian ridges and forested hills of the northwest to the Connecticut and Housatonic river valleys, traprock ridges, lakes, tidal marshes, and Long Island Sound shoreline. Notable managed lands and trail corridors include the Appalachian Trail, the New England National Scenic Trail, Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, Hammonasset Beach State Park, Sleeping Giant State Park, Bluff Point State Park, Pachaug State Forest, and Connecticut’s statewide network of parks, forests, and wildlife management areas.