Tunxis State Forest & Falls Brook Falls
Tunxis State Forest first land purchase was in 1923. It now covers most of the northern part of Hartland.
Barkhamsted Reservoir and Saville Dam
Built 1930-1940 and the valley was then flooded. This marked the end of Hartland Hollow/Center as a place of habitation for the living and the dead.
Goodwin (Hogback) Dam and Reservoir
In 1955, the Metropolitan District Commission completed the Goodwin Dam constructed at a narrow gorge on the West Branch of the Farmington River known as “The Hogback”. Dedicated in 1961.
Farmington River
From the Goodwin Dam to the New Hartford/Canton town line designated a Scenic and Recreational River in 1994. In 2019 with addition of the confluence with the Nepaug River it became a Wild and Scenic River.