Hop Brook Lake Recreation Area in CT -- Campground & RV Camping

Hop Brook Lake Recreation Area is a 536-acre day-use park set in a hardwood and evergreen forest of maple, oak, pine, and hemlock. The site features a 20-acre swimming lake, a sandy beach, feeder streams stocked with trout, and over seven miles of trails for hiking and mountain biking. Amenities include four reservable picnic shelters with electrical outlets and grills, scattered individual picnic tables, flush toilets, drinking water, a baseball field, volleyball courts, and horseshoe pits. Visitors can paddle kayaks, canoes, and rowboats on the lake or watch for local birdlife.

Getting there: From Bridgeport, take Route 8 N 23.5 miles to Exit 26/CT-63 S in Naugatuck. Head southeast on Main Street and turn onto CT-63 N. Travel approx. 3 miles. The park entrance is on the right side of the road at the intersection of CT-63 and CT-188. From Hartford, take I-84 W 31 miles to the CT-64 exit, Exit 17 (Watertown/Middlebury, Rte. 63). Go straight until you come to the intersection of CT-64 and CT-63. Turn left on CT-63. Travel approx. 1.5 miles. The park entrance is on the left side of the road at the intersection of CT-63 and CT-188. From Danbury, take I-84 E to the CT-63 exit, Exit 17 (Naugatuck/Watertown, Rte. 63). Take a right off the exit ramp. Travel approx. 1.5 miles. The park entrance is on the left side of the road at the intersection of CT-63 and CT-188.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• A pond lies 0.1 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 5, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.