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Best herePICNIC SHELTER · Sleeps 50
We watch every site at Penwood Picnic Shelter 24/7, then email you the moment a cancellation opens up.
Pick your dates, pick the sites you want, we do the watching.
Ranked by how often each site reserves on weekends in peak season (Jun–Aug). Set up an alert and we'll email you on cancellations.
These sites rebook within minutes of being cancelled. Set an alert at Penwood Picnic Shelter and we’ll email you the moment one opens up.
Set up an alert →A passionate outdoorsman donated the land for the Penwood State Park and requested that horses, camping, and campfires be excluded from the activities at Penwood. True nature-lovers will feel right at home in this well-preserved, beautiful setting, which is a hiker's paradise. Cross-country skiing is welcome in the winter. A section of Connecticut's Blue Blazed Trail system, the Metacomet, traverses much of the Penwood State Park. In April, as the snow recedes, colorful wildflowers carpet gravelly pockets of soil. The trillium is common, as are dutchman's breeches, hepatica, bloodroot, and trailing arbutus. Occasionally, hikers may catch a glimpse of a pileated woodpecker, turkey vulture or bald eagle.