Get Outside and Explore

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Get Outside and Explore!

Visit a site along the CT Garnet Trail and see our State Mineral as it naturally occurs.
EarthCaching in Connecticut
Rock and Mineral Collecting
- Educational Mineral Collecting for Mineral Clubs, Nature Centers, Schools and Connecticut Museums
Public Programs at Dinosaur State Park
Public Programs from Friends of Dinosaur State Park

Visit the Connecticut Dinosaur Trail - a collaboration between Dinosaur State Park, The CT Science Center, Nature's Art: The Dinosaur Place, and Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.

Content last updated January 6, 2020

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Get Outside and Explore!