Mansfield Hollow State Park is a public recreation area occupying of leased lands on the western shore of Mansfield Hollow Lake in the

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Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

. The

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is one portion of the leased by the

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is a state agency in the US state of Connecticut. The department oversees the state's natural resources and environment and regulates public utilities and energy policy. I ...

from the

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for recreational and wildlife management purposes. Geologic features of the park include remnants of the last glacial period, where retreating

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left

kame A kame, or ''knob'', is a glacial landform, an irregularly shaped hill or mound composed of sand, gravel and till that accumulates in a depression on a retreating glacier, and is then deposited on the land surface with further melting of the g ...

eskers An esker, eskar, eschar, or os, sometimes called an ''asar'', ''osar'', or ''serpent kame'', is a long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North Ameri ...

, and kettles. Recreational opportunities include facilities for boating, fishing, picnicking, hiking, mountain biking, and cross-country skiing. The park is traversed by the southeastern leg of the

Nipmuck Trail The Nipmuck Trail is a '' Blue-Blazed'' hiking trail system which meanders through of forests in northeast Connecticut. It is maintained by the Connecticut Forest and Park Association and is considered one of the Blue-Blazed hiking trails. There ...

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Mansfield Hollow State Park
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Mansfield Hollow State Park Map
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection {{authority control State parks of Connecticut Parks in Windham County, Connecticut Parks in Tolland County, Connecticut Windham, Connecticut Mansfield, Connecticut Willimantic, Connecticut Protected areas established in 1952 Kames 1952 establishments in Connecticut