The 27-hole golf course extends nearly a mile down the center of the park from north to south. Wooded parkland encircles the course, buffering other recreational features, including a swimming pool, tennis courts, a basketball court, and play area. Paved vehicular drives and two walking trails wind through the trees connecting the various park features to the surrounding street grid. In 2018 a restaurant was placed on the overlook at the Maple Avenue entrance.
Great River Park features a 350-seat amphitheater, public boat launch, and pedestrian access to the Charter Oak, Founders, and Bulkeley Bridges. Great River Park is open from sunrise to sunset.
Park Amenities: boat launch, picnic tables, charcoal grills These are the only grills allowed to be used in the parks – no personal grills are allowed, performance facilities, fishing access, sculpture installations, paved and lighted walkways, playground, fitness station, drinking fountain.
Just south of Downtown Hartford, this park is home to a pair of nesting eagles, and features an excursion boat dock and public boat launch, along with access to the Charter Oak Bridge pedestrian walkway, linking to Great River Park. ,Park Amenities:,Boat launch,Fishing access,Playground,Picnic tables
Paved and lighted walkways,Port-o-lets,Bike racks ,Charcoal Grills – These are the only grills allowed to be used in the parks – no personal grills are allowed.
Mortensen Riverfront Plaza is the centerpiece of the Riverfront Recapture park system with a stage at the river’s edge and seating for 2,500 people on a grassy terrace. The Founders Bridge promenade connects Hartford with East Hartford, linking directly to Great River Park.
Park Amenities: Performance facilities, Public boat cruises, Fishing access, Sculpture installations, Elevator, Paved and lighted walkways, Drinking fountain, Port-o-lets, Bike racks
Just north of downtown, this Victorian-era park is home to Riverfront Rowing, our community rowing program, and miles of unpaved trails through floodplain forest. Riverside Park is open from sunrise to sunset.
Please read the park rules before visiting.
Park Amenities:
Boat launch, Picnic tables, Charcoal grils, sand volleyball court, cricket & football fields, playground, fishing access, sculpture installations, bike racks, wooded trails.
Bushnell Park (1854) is located in the heart of downtown Hartford. It features a historic carousel and numerous monuments such as the Corning Fountain and Sailors and Soldiers Memorial Arch. Bushnell Park is the site of many major events each year, including the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz and the Hartford Marathon.