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Dec 29, 2023, 9:07 AM

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There are 17 trails hosting “First Day Hikes: across Connecticut on New Year's Day.

It’s a nationwide initiative to promote connecting to the outdoors.

Some hikes are in-person group events, while others are self-guided offerings.

The initiative began in Massachusetts more than two decades ago.

Below is a list of the parks participating:

• American Legion & Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted  

• Auerfarm State Park Scenic Reserve, Bloomfield 

• Chatfield Hollow State Park, Killingworth

• Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill

• Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park, Groton 

• Gillette Caste State Park, East Haddam 

• Goodwin State Forest, Hampton 

• Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison 

• Machimoodus State Park, Moodus 

• Mansfield Hollow State Park, Mansfield 

• Pachaug State Forest, Griswold 

• Scantic River State Park, East Windsor 

• Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area, Burlington (2 hikes – one led by Friends of Sessions Woods and one self-guided Sky's the Limit hike and exploration of the education center) 

• Sherwood Island State Park, Westport 

• Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden 

• Southford Falls State Park, Southbury 

• West Rock Ridge State Park, New Haven

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