Instagrammable Connecticut: Virtual Escapes

Our minds can all use a little “escape” during this difficult time. One way to help break up our thoughts is to reflect on the beauty around us and within our state.

We’ve collected a variety of photos from Connecticut residents and visitors showcasing beautiful destinations across the state. We hope that reading through this list will provide you with a brief moment of “escape”.

We’d love to see your beauty shots of Connecticut. Please share your stories and photos on CTvisit’s social media channels using #CTvisit.

Featuring: City of Bridgeport | Gillette Castle State Park | Hammonasset Beach State Park | Historic Downtown Mystic | Hubbard Park & Castle Craig | Lovers Leap State Park | Lyman Orchards | Southford Falls State Park | Talcott Mountain State Park | Town of Barkhamsted | Town of Portland | Walnut Beach | White Memorial Family Campground | Wooster Square | Yale University Visitor Center

Favorite Park Closed? Here Are Others to Try

If you are looking to spend a day outside, only to find your favorite state park is closed, here are some other outdoor locations and local businesses to help you get outside and discover new outdoor destinations in Connecticut.

Featuring: Adventure Park at Storrs | Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum | Audubon Guilford Salt Meadow Sanctuary | Bigelow Hollow State Park | Black Hall Outfitters - Old Lyme | Black Hall Outfitters - Westbrook | Black Rock State Park | Bluff Point Coastal Reserve | Burr Pond State Park | Chatfield Hollow State Park | City of Milford | City of Norwalk | Collinsville Canoe & Kayak | Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield | Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center | Devil's Hopyard State Park | Empower Adventure Park at Nomads | Gardner Lake State Park | Hammonasset Beach State Park | Harkness Memorial State Park | Hidden Valley Preserve | Hopeville Pond State Park | Lake Waramaug State Park | Lovers Leap State Park | Lucius Pond Ordway/Devil's Den Preserve | Mansfield Hollow State Park | McLean Game Refuge | Millers Pond State Park | Mount Tom State Park | Paddle Mystic-Mystic River Adventure Company | Paugussett State Forest | Penwood State Park | Quinnipiac River Linear Trail | Rocky Neck State Park | Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area | Scantic River State Park | Scoot & Paddle | Sea Kayak Connecticut | Sherwood Island State Park | Silver Sands State Park | Sleeping Giant State Park | Southford Falls State Park | Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge | Talcott Mountain State Park | Topsmead State Forest | Town of Kent | Wadsworth Falls State Park | Webb Mountain Discovery Zone

Waterfalls in the Litchfield Hills

What is it about waterfalls? Thunderous and powerful yet calming and serene, not to mention beautiful! No doubt about it, waterfalls are awe-inspiring any time of year (perhaps most magical when silenced mid-plunge during the winter freeze); and you can find them sprinkled throughout the Litchfield Hills. So pack up some picnic gear, a kayak, your hiking boots, and grab some friends, the kids – or just head out on your own – and explore these wonders of nature right here in Connecticut.

Featuring: Burr Pond State Park | Campbell Falls State Park Reserve | Humaston Brook State Park | Kent Falls State Park | Southford Falls State Park | Town of Beacon Falls | Town of Canaan | Town of Plymouth | Town of Washington | Town of Woodbury