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Things To Do
The Mark Twain House & Museum
The Mark Twain House & Museum has restored the author’s Hartford, Connecticut, home, where the author and his family lived from 1874 to 1891. Twain wrote his most important works during the years he lived there, including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. In addition to providing tours of Twain’s restored home, a National Historic Landmark, the institution offers activities and educational programs that illuminate Twain’s literary legacy and provide information about his life and times.
Elizabeth Park Rose Garden
Elizabeth Park is home to the first municipal rose garden in the United States and the third largest rose garden in the country today. It offers just over one hundred acres of formal gardens, green space, recreational facilities, walking loops, and the Pond House Café.
West Hartford Reservoir
The West Hartford Reservoir recreation area is located on the western edge of West Hartford. A nature lover’s paradise, the area features 3,000 acres of beautiful forestland; there are more than 30 miles of paved and gravel roads for joggers and bicyclists, hiking trails, and wheel-chair accessible picnic groves.