Best Outdoor Attractions in Connecticut | 2015 Editors’ Choice Awards

The Nutmeg State has plenty to offer in the Great Outdoors. Read our picks for the best outdoor attractions in Connecticut for 2015. Best Miniature Golf Mini-Golf at Saybrook Point, Old Saybrook If your putting’s not up to par, you’ll love this picture-perfect course, where distracting views of Long Island Sound and shorebirds soaring overhead are a convenient excuse when you miss a shot. Rebuilt in 2013 following the destruction wreaked by Superstorm Sandy, its features are modeled after town landmarks like Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse and Fort Saybrook. 154 College St. 860-388-2407; oldsaybrookrec.com Best Blueberry Farm Old Barn Farm, Goshen Grab a blue pail, and try to resist the urge to race like a kid toward the meticulously cultivated rows of bushes at this solar-powered pick-your-own farm, which grows just one crop exceedingly well: blueberries. With 19 early-, mid- and late-season varieties of these antioxidant-rich gems, a long harvest season typically runs from July through early August. 300 Bartholomew Hill Road. 860-491-0017; oldbarnfarmct.com Best Car Buff ’s Night Out Mark’s Classic Cruise, East Granby A ’28 Plymouth sedan. A ’68 Camaro Z/28. A ’14 Corvette Stingray. Monday nights May through September, a 25-acre plot becomes a field of dreams for automobile enthusiasts. At 20 years old, New England’s largest weekly cruise night is already a classic. Admission’s free, and more than 800 heart-stopping vehicles turn out on perfect-weather evenings. Russell Road. 800-842-7490; markscruisenight.com Best 9-Hole Golf Course Hotchkiss School Golf Course, Lakeville Perhaps you never had the wherewithal to attend a classic New England prep school in the Berkshire foothills. But if you have $15, you can play nine challenging holes at this campus course designed by Seth Raynor. It’s open for public play daily after 11:00 a.m. 40 Interlaken Road 860-435-4400; hotchkiss.org Best Fly-Fishing Outfitter Up Country Sportfishing, Pine Meadow In-the-know anglers realize that active stocking and thoughtful management have made the Farmington River’s West Branch home to the state’s densest population of big trout. Ideally situated on the Farmington’s banks, UpCountry offers gear, bait, fly-tying instruction, expert guide service, even a $100-a-night three-bed apartment for visitors eager to chase 20-inch fish. 352 Main St. 860-379-1952; farmingtonriver.com