Windham County is located in northeastern Connecticut and is part of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor. It borders Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Some notable state parks, forests, and monuments in Windham County include Mashmoquet State Park, Goodwin State Forest, Natchaug State Forest, and the Israel Putnam monument in Pomfret. The county has many historic places like the Prudence Crandall School Museum in Canterbury and the Edwin Teale Audubon Sanctuary in Hampton. Family attractions include campgrounds, dairy bars, fairs, and pick-your-own farms.

1. Windham County, Connecticut
Model for Class
April, 2014

2. Location
Windham County is located in
northeastern Connecticut. It is part
of the Last Green Valley as the
entire county is within the
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers
Valley National Heritage Corridor.
This county lies north of New
London County and east of Tolland
County.
Windham County borders two
states. The two states are
Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

3. State Park, Forest or Monument
There are many beautiful
outdoor places to visit in
Windham County. Some
are Mashmoquet State
Park, Goodwin State
Forest, and Natchaug
State Forest. One
monument is of Israel
Putnam and it is in
Pomfret, CT.

4. Historic Places
Windham County became
a county on May 12,
1726. There are many
historic places in this
county. Prudence
Crandall School Museum
is in Canterbury. Edwin
Teale Audubon
Sanctuary is in Hampton,
Connecticut.

5. Family Attractions
• Campgrounds
• UCONN barns
• Dairy Bars
• Brooklyn Fair
• Woodstock Fair
• Threadmill Museum
• Pick your own fruit,
vegetables and/or
Christmas trees farms

6. Works Cited
• Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
License.HistoricPlaces.web. 13 April 2014

7. Works Cited
• Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
License.HistoricPlaces.web. 13 April 2014