Salt Meadow Unit, Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
Park · Westbrook, Connecticut
The original core of the refuge and site of its headquarters: Esther Everett Lape donated 150 acres here in 1972 to create Connecticut's first national wildlife refuge, renamed for Congressman Stewart B. McKinney in 1987. The refuge's longest trail, the 1.72-mile Salt Meadow Trail, is here, along with the Pond Overlook and Crossover trails. Phone (860) 399-2513.
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733 Old Clinton Road, Westbrook, CT 06498
Photo "Sunset at Salt Meadow": U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region (USFWS), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons