Hurd State Park

About Hurd State Park

Visit Hurd State Park and enjoy scenic views of the Connecticut River while being surrounded by nature. The park is especially popular with small boat owners and is located just a few miles north of New Haven, Connecticut, south of Hartford. In the early 1990s, the state acquired what is now HURD Park as part of its commissioning program to acquire land for public use along the Connecticut River.

Over the years, the park has grown to almost 1,000 hectares, with a total of about 2,500 hectares available for public and private use.

Many boaters recognize the park by the distinctive rock fragments that rise above the trees. These granite outcrops, or crevices, are criss-crossed by veins of feldspar once mined on a large scale in Connecticut.

Shortly after the acquisition, Hurd became the subject of a legal battle to determine the ownership and privileges of the park's mining rights.

Fortunately, the resulting court decision benefited the state and prevented the possible desertification of 130 hectares of land. The park is named after the Hurd family, who came to Massachusetts from the Middle Haddam region in 1710 and settled on flat land on the banks of the river. In addition to the campsites, there is a boat camp in Selden River State Park for overnight guests traveling along the river, and the Department of Environmental Protection manages the campsites to help you enjoy your vacation.

Take Exit 20 (the left exit) from Route 9, turn right onto Route 151 and follow Route 66 to the intersection of Route 31 and Route 1 in the city of Hurd. Turn right onto Route 150, take the exit on the right, then right onto Route 2, turn right onto Route 26 and take Exit 20 on the left - exit onto Route 9. On the right is the HURD State Park, on the left the entrance to Selden River Park and the parking lot for the boat camp.

Take Route 82 East over Haddam Bridge, turn left onto Route 151, take Exit 69 to Route 9 North, then turn right onto Route 2 and continue. Take Exit 7 and turn around and take Route 81 North to the intersection of Route 31 and Route 1 in the town of Hurd.

On your left is Hurd State Park, on your right and left you will find Route 31 and Route 1 until the intersection of Route 2 and Haddam Bridge.

Turn left on Route 151 and follow Route 16 to West Cobalt and turn right on Hurd State Park Road. Turn right on Route 1 and then left on the road to the intersection of Route 2 and Haddam Bridge, turn left off Route 152, follow it west on Route 4, then east on Huddersfield Road and right on the parking lot of the park.

Hurd State Park is on the right, then right on Route 152, then east on Huddersfield Road to the parking lot of the park and right on the road.

Hurd State Park is on the right, then right on Route 152 and then east on Huddersfield Road to the park parking lot. Turn right off Route 66 onto Route 151 and follow it to I-691, which becomes Route 66, turn left onto Hurd Road and right into the State Park parking lot.