Connecticut Public Lands

0.3% of Connecticut is federal land: 9,775 of its 3,135,360 acres (2024 data). The largest federal land manager in Connecticut is the National Park Service, with 5,846 acres, 0.2% of the state. This guide covers 97 state parks, 2 National Park Service units, and 1 national wildlife refuge.

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Connecticut public land map

  • National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS)
  • National wildlife refuges (FWS)
  • State parks
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Land ownership: USGS PAD-US 4.1, dissolved by manager and simplified (parcels under about 2 square km not shown). Unit boundaries simplified. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.

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List of all 100 places on this map97 state parks · 2 national parks, recreation areas and monuments (nps) · 1 national wildlife refuges (fws)

State parks (97)

National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS) (2)

National wildlife refuges (FWS) (1)

Who manages Connecticut's land

Agency Acres Share of Connecticut
Bureau of Land Management 0 0%
U.S. Forest Service 23 0%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2,425 0.1%
National Park Service 5,846 0.2%
Department of Defense 1,481 0%
All federal land 9,775 0.3%

Source: Congressional Research Service, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (R42346), 2024 data, checked 2026-09-30.

Camping on Connecticut public land

State parks

2 of Connecticut's state parks have developed campgrounds on record; compare them in the Connecticut state parks table.

Common questions

0.3% of Connecticut is federal land: 9,775 of its 3,135,360 acres (2024 data).
The largest federal land manager in Connecticut is the National Park Service, with 5,846 acres, 0.2% of the state.
This guide lists 97 Connecticut state parks and recreation areas, 2 of them with camping on record.

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