Middletown Parks State Parks near Middletown Wadsworth Falls State Park 721 Wadsworth Street, Middletown Hiking, Fishing, Picnicking, Swimming, Mountain Biking Directions: Take Route 157 off Route 66 near Walgreen’s Pharmacy. Stay on Route 157 to Wadsworth Falls State Park. - 1.7 miles from Palmer Field Millers Pond State Park Reserve Footshill Road, Durham Hiking, Fishing, Mountain Biking Directions: From Route 9: Take Exit 11. Follow 155 West. Turn left onto Millbrook Road. Bear left onto Foothills Road. Parking area is on the right. - 7.9 miles from Palmer Field Dinosaur State Park 400 West St, Rocky Hill Dinosaur State Park officially opened in 1968, two years after 2,000 dinosaur tracks were accidentally uncovered during excavation for a new state building. Five hundred of the tracks are now enclosed within the Exhibit Center's geodesic dome; the remaining 1,500 are buried for preservation. The park's 200-million-year-old sandstone trackway is a Registered Natural Landmark. Directions: From Route 9 North, take exit 20N to merge onto I-91 N toward Hartford/Springfield. Take exit 23 for West St toward State Route 3/Rocky Hill. Turn right at West St. Park in on right. Destination will be on the right - 9.3 miles from Palmer Field Haddam Meadows State Park Route 154, Haddam Boating, Fishing, Picnicking Directions: Take Exit 10 off Route 9 onto Route 154. Follow Route 154 and Haddam Meadows State Park is on the left. - 10.4 miles from Palmer Field Hurd State Park Hog Hill Road, East Hampton Birding, Picnicking, Hiking, Camping, Mountain Biking Directions: Take Route 66 East over Arrigoni Bridge. Follow Route 66 and take a right onto Route 151. Hurd State Park is on the right. - 11.3 miles from Palmer Field Cockaponset State Forest 18 Ranger Road, Haddam Hiking, Fishing, Picnicking, Swimming, Mountain Biking, Horseback Riding Directions: Take Route 9 south, Exit 6. Turn right off the exit ramp and go west on Route 148 for approximately 2 miles. Take a right onto Cedar Lake Road and drive approximately 2 miles. Take a left at the Pattaconk Lake sign. - 12.1 miles from Palmer Field Chatfield Hollow State Park 381 Connecticut 80, Killingworth Hiking, Fishing, Picnicking, Swimming Directions: From Route 9: take Exit 9. Follow Route 81 south to Route 80 west and watch for park entrance signs. - 18.4 miles from Palmer Field Gillette Castle State Park 67 River Road, East Haddam Hiking, Picnicking, Hostorical Building Directions: From CT Route 9: Take Exit 7, for a bridge crossing of the Connecticut River. Follow route 82E and park signs. - 23.1 miles from Palmer Field Devil's Hopyard State Park 366 Hopyard Road, East Haddam Bicycling, Hiking, Birding, Picnicking, Camping, Stream Fishing Directions: From CT Route 9: take Exit 7, then a left at the end of the exit ramp onto CT Route 154 north. Take a right at the first traffic light and follow the signs. - 26.9 miles from Palmer Field