Mashamoquet Brook State Park
Park · Pomfret, Connecticut
Formed by merging three parks into more than 1,000 acres, with a 6.5-mile trail network passing the Wolf Den, Table Rock, and the Indian Chair rock formation. Two campgrounds hold 53 sites; open daily, 8 a.m. to sunset.
History
In 1742, young farmer Israel Putnam is said to have tracked a wolf to a den here and shot it, earning the nickname 'Wolf Putnam.' The site joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Visit
276 Mashamoquet Road, Pomfret, CT 06259
Photo "Mashamoquet Brook": John Phelan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
