{{Short description|State park in Litchfield County, Connecticut}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox park | name = Mount Bushnell State Park | image = LakeWaureganWithMountBushnell.jpg | image_caption = Mount Bushnell across the waters of Lake Waramaug | image_size = 280 | image_alt = Landscape | map = Connecticut#USA | map_caption = Location in Connecticut | map_size = 280 | relief = 1 | map_label = Mount Bushnell State Park | location = Washington, Connecticut, United States | nearest_city = | coordinates = {{coord|41|41|22|N|73|21|51|W|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = <ref name=gnis/> | area = {{convert|214|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name=DEEP/> | elevation = {{convert|1201|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|211470|Tinker Hill}}</ref> | established = 1916 | free_label = | free_data = | designation = Connecticut state park | administrator = Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | status = | website = {{Official website}} | module = }}
'''Mount Bushnell State Park''' is an undeveloped public recreation area located south of Lake Waramaug in the New England town of Washington, Connecticut. The state park provides {{convert|214|acre}} for hiking.<ref name=DEEP/> The park had its genesis in the state's purchase of 70 acres in 1916.<ref name=commissionreports/> It is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
==References== <references> <ref name=DEEP>{{cite web |url=https://portal.ct.gov/deep/state-parks/locate-park-forest/other-state-parks-and-forests |title=Other State Parks and Forests |publisher=Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection |access-date=July 29, 2024}}</ref>
<ref name=commissionreports>{{cite report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tNxWAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA22 |title=Report of the State Park and Forest Commission to the Governor 1916 |publisher=State of Connecticut |location=Hartford, Conn. |date=December 11, 1916 |page=22 |access-date=September 29, 2016}}</ref> </references>
==External links== {{stack|{{commons category|Mount Bushnell State Park|position=left}}}} *[https://portal.ct.gov/deep/state-parks/locate-park-forest/other-state-parks-and-forests Other State Parks and Forests] Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
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Category:State parks of Connecticut Category:Parks in Litchfield County, Connecticut Category:Washington, Connecticut Category:Protected areas established in 1916 Category:1916 establishments in Connecticut