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Israel Putnam Wolf Den is a historic site off Wolf Den Road in Pomfret, Connecticut. At this location in 1742, Israel Putnam shot and killed Connecticut's last known wolf . [ 2 ] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Mashamoquet Brook State Park (/ mæʃˈmʌkɪt -/ mash-MUH-kit) is a public recreation area in the town of Pomfret, Connecticut. Notable features of the state park include the Wolf Den national historic site, the Brayton Grist Mill, and the Table Rock and Indian Chair natural stone formations. The state park offers facilities for camping ...
Mashamoquet State Park and Wolf Den State Park are both located in Pomfret, near the intersection of US 44 and CT 101. Wolf Den State Park is the alleged site of General Israel Putnam's slaying of the last wolf in Connecticut. Rocky paths connect the small cave, which is the actual wolf den with a glacially positioned boulder called the Indian ...
Dogs, wolves, coyotes, and foxes (Order Carnivora, Family Canidae) Red fox. Coyote (Canis latrans) — first spotted in Connecticut in the mid-1950s, with the first 10 years of reports only in the northwestern part of the state, although they have since spread across the entire state. [17]
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 23, 2024. [2] Map all ... Parts of Bush Hill Rd., CT 169, and Wolf Den Rd.
United States. Surface area. 16 acres (6.5 ha) Great Hollow Lake is approximately 16 acres (65,000 m 2) in size and is a part of William E. Wolfe Park, located in Monroe, Connecticut. The lake includes a trout park with approximately 700 feet (210 m) of beach and facilities. Fishing, swimming and non-motorized boating are all permitted.
Wolf Rock, Connecticut. Wolf Rock, also known as Wolfpit Rocks, Woolfes Rocks, and Wolfe's Rock is the name of a notable gneiss and quartz conglomerate glacial erratic in Mansfield, Connecticut, perched atop a 40-foot cliff. The rock itself is six feet tall and almost round. [1] The surrounding landscape also contains many boulders and crags.
This is a list of state parks, reserves, forests and wildlife management areas (WMAs) in the Connecticut state park and forest system, shown in five tables. The first table lists state parks and reserves, the second lists state park trails, the third lists state forests, the fourth lists Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) and the fifth lists other state-owned, recreation-related areas.