Talcott Mountain State Park

Talcott Mountain State Park
Connecticut State Park
View of the Hartford skyline from atop Heublein Tower, Talcott Mountain State Park
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
County	Hartford
Towns	Simsbury, Avon, Bloomfield

Elevation	915 ft (279 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	41°49′30″N 72°47′24″W / 41.82500°N 72.79000°W / 41.82500; -72.79000Coordinates: 41°49′30″N 72°47′24″W / 41.82500°N 72.79000°W / 41.82500; -72.79000

Area	574 acres (232 ha) ^[2]

Established	1965
Management	Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Location in Connecticut
Website: Talcott Mountain State Park

Talcott Mountain State Park is a 574-acre (232 ha) Connecticut state park located primarily in the town of Simsbury. The park is the home of the Heublein Tower, a 165-foot-high (50 m) lookout tower atop Talcott Mountain. The park offers picnicking, scenic views, and hiking on the Metacomet Trail. The Tower Trail is 1.25 miles (2 km) long; a walk to the tower takes approximately 30 to 40 minutes.^[3]

References

↑ "Talcott Mountain State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee (January 23, 2014). "State Parks and Forests: Funding" (PDF). Staff Findings and Recommendations. Connecticut General Assembly. p. A-4. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
↑ "Talcott MountainState Park". State Parks and Forests. Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Retrieved February 5, 2013.

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External links

Talcott Mountain State Park Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Talcott Mountain State Park Map Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Protected areas of Connecticut

National Park Service	Weir Farm National Historic Site

National Wildlife Refuges	Silvio O. Conte Stewart B. McKinney

National Trails	Appalachian Trail New England National Scenic Trail Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

State Parks	Above All Air Line Beaver Brook Becket Hill State Park Reserve Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument Bennett's Pond Bigelow Hollow Black Rock Bluff Point Bolton Notch Brainard Homestead Burr Pond Camp Columbia Campbell Falls Chatfield Hollow Collis P. Huntington Connecticut Valley Railroad Dart Island State Park Day Pond Dennis Hill Devil's Hopyard Dinosaur Eagle Landing Farm River Farmington Canal Fort Griswold Battlefield Fort Trumbull Gardner Lake Gay City George Dudley Seymour George Waldo Gillette Castle Haddam Island Haddam Meadows Haley Farm Hammonasset Beach Harkness Memorial Haystack Mountain Higganum Reservoir Hop River State Park Trail Hopemead Hopeville Pond Horse Guard Housatonic Meadows Humaston Brook Hurd Indian Well John A. Minetto Kent Falls Kettletown Killingly Pond Lake Waramaug Lamentation Mountain Larkin State Park Trail Lovers Leap Macedonia Brook Machimoodus Mansfield Hollow Mashamoquet Brook Mianus River Millers Pond Minnie Island Mohawk Mountain Mono Pond Moosup Valley State Park Trail Mooween Mount Bushnell Mount Riga Mount Tom Old Furnace Osbornedale Penwood Platt Hill Pomeroy Putnam Memorial Quaddick Quinebaug Lake Quinnipiac River River Highlands Rocky Glen Rocky Neck Ross Pond Salt Rock State Campground Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area Scantic River Selden Neck Seth Low Pierrepont Sherwood Island Silver Sands Sleeping Giant Southford Falls Squantz Pond Stillwater Pond Stoddard Hill Stratton Brook Sunnybrook Sunrise Resort Talcott Mountain Tri-Mountain Trout Brook Valley Wadsworth Falls West Rock Ridge Wharton Brook Whittemore Glen Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail Windsor Meadows Wooster Mountain

State Forests	Algonquin American Legion Centennial Watershed Cockaponset Enders James L. Goodwin Housatonic Massacoe Mattatuck Meshomasic Mohawk Mohegan Nassahegon Natchaug Nathan Hale Naugatuck Nehantic Nepaug Nipmuck Nye-Holman Pachaug Paugnut Paugussett People's Pootatuck Quaddick Salmon River Shenipsit Topsmead Tunxis Wyantenock

Reservoirs	Aspetuck Reservoir Barkhamsted Reservoir Candlewood Lake Hop Brook Lake Lake Lillinonah Mansfield Hollow Lake Saugatuck Reservoir West Hartford Reservoir Lake Zoar

Private	Aspetuck Land Trust Aton Forest Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens Bear Mountain Branford Land Trust Beckley Bog Case Mountain Cathedral Pines Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield Connecticut College Arboretum Devil's Den Preserve Earthplace Great Mountain Forest Higby Mountain Highstead Arboretum Joshua's Tract Conservation and Historic Trust McLean Game Refuge New Canaan Nature Center Peter's Rock Pine Mountain Reserve Saltonstall Mountain Stamford Museum & Nature Center Steep Rock Association Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust White Memorial Foundation Woodcock Nature Center

Trails	American Legion State Forest Trails Aspetuck Valley Trail Blue-Blazed Trails Chatfield Trail Hancock Brook Trail Housatonic Range Trail Lillinonah Trail Mattabesett Trail Menunkatuck Trail Metacomet Trail Narragansett Trail Natchaug Trail Naugatuck Trail Nehantic Trail Nipmuck Trail Paugussett Trail Pequot Trail Quinnipiac Trail Regicides Trail Salmon River Trail Shenipsit Trail Tunxis Trail Westwoods Trails Whitestone Cliffs Trail Zoar Trail

Nature centers	List of nature centers in Connecticut

Local Government Forest	Bear Mountain Reservation Roosevelt Forest

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (web)

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