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Whittemore Glen State Park
The Larkin Trail in Whittemore Glen State Park in Naugatuck Connecticut.jpg
Larkin Trail in Whittemore Glen State Park
Whittemore Glen State Park is located in Connecticut
Whittemore Glen State Park
Whittemore Glen State Park
Location in Connecticut
Location Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States
Nearest city Waterbury, Connecticut
Area 242 acres (98 ha)
Elevation 351 ft (107 m)
Designation Connecticut state park
Established 1945
Administrator Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Website Whittemore Glen State Park

Whittemore Glen State Park is an undeveloped public recreation and wilderness area for hiking and horseback riding covering 242 acres (98 ha) mostly within the town of Naugatuck, Connecticut. Sitting outside the southwestern edge of the city of Waterbury, the state park is the eastern terminus of the Larkin State Park Trail. It entered the roles as Connecticut's forty-eighth state park in the 1945–46 edition of the Connecticut Register and Manual. The park is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

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