View from Kettletown State Park's Crest Trail of the Housatonic River's Lake Zoar looking south towards Oxford.
View from Kettletown State Park's Crest Trail of the Housatonic River's Lake Zoar looking south towards Oxford. Morrowlong · CC BY-SA 4.0

Kettletown State Park

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Sources: Wikimedia Commons / editorial, State agency · updated 2026-08-14