Photo Credits
The photos on our county and town pages are real photographs of each place, shared by the people who took them under free licenses. These licenses ask for credit, and we are glad to give it.
Bridgeport
Downtown Bridgeport and the harbor
Photo by Quintin Soloviev, licensed CC BY 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Bristol
Boulder Dash and the Ferris wheel at Lake Compounce
Photo by Roller Coaster Philosophy, licensed CC BY 2.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Danbury
Danbury Railway Museum
Photo by Cr4410, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Derby
Sunset over the Housatonic River from Derby
Photo by Ravi Shah, licensed CC BY 2.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Fairfield
Southport Harbor
Photo by RGloucester, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Leveled: the original was tilted about two degrees, so it is rotated slightly and trimmed at the edges.
Glastonbury
Roaring Brook in Cotton Hollow Preserve
Photo by Mike Poresky, licensed CC BY 2.0. View the original on Flickr
Groton
Downtown Mystic on the Groton side of the Mystic River, from the air
Photo by Quintin Soloviev, licensed CC BY 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Guilford
Shell Beach, Guilford
Photo by versageek, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0. View the original on Flickr
Hamden
The cliffs of Sleeping Giant, Hamden
Photo by Ethan Long, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Hartford County
Downtown Hartford in autumn
Photo by Quintin Soloviev, licensed CC BY 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Manchester
Manchester Town Hall at sunset
Photo by Kenneth C. Zirkel, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Middletown
The Arrigoni Bridge over the Connecticut River
Photo by Marty Aligata, licensed CC BY 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Milford
The Walnut Beach pier at dusk
Photo by Karl Thomas Moore, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
New Haven
The Wooster Street arch, New Haven
Photo by ajay_suresh, licensed CC BY 2.0. View the original on Flickr
New Haven County
Five Mile Point Light, Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven
Photo by Christian David, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Trimmed at the right edge (open water only) so the lighthouse sits in the clear side of the header.
New London County
The Mystic River marina at sunrise
Photo by R Boed, licensed CC BY 2.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
New Milford
The New Milford Town Green from the air
Photo by Justin Murphy, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Norwich
Mill No. 2 at Ponemah Mills, Taftville
Photo by Pi.1415926535, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Old Saybrook
Saybrook Breakwater Light at the mouth of the Connecticut River
Photo by Wilson Bilkovich, licensed CC BY 2.0. View the original on Flickr
Oxford
Southford Falls on Eight Mile Brook, Oxford
Photo by Karl Thomas Moore, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Shelton
The Ousatonic Dam and the Shelton riverfront
Photo by Ravi Shah, licensed CC BY 2.0. View the original on Flickr
Simsbury
Old railroad piers in the Farmington River, Tariffville
Photo by John Phelan, licensed CC BY 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Southington
Crescent Lake from Bradley Mountain
Photo by Morrowlong, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Stamford
Downtown Stamford skyline
Photo by John9474, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Tolland County
Staffordville Lake, Stafford
Photo by John Phelan, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Torrington
Main Street and the Warner Theatre, Torrington
Photo by John Phelan, licensed CC BY 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Vernon
The Minterburn Mill (Loom City Lofts), Rockville
Photo by JJBers, licensed CC BY 2.0. View the original on Flickr
Wallingford
The pond at Wharton Brook State Park in autumn
Photo by Eric (kb1jl), licensed CC BY 2.0. View the original on Flickr
Leveled: the original was tilted about three degrees, so it is rotated slightly and trimmed at the edges.
Waterbury
The Union Station clock tower, Waterbury
Photo by TRexEditorNJ, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
West Hartford
The West Hartford Reservoir gatehouse
Photo by Steve McDonald, licensed CC BY 2.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Windham
The dam beside the Jillson mill, Willimantic
Photo by Pi.1415926535, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Windham County
Cargill Falls on the Quinebaug River, Putnam
Photo by Idawriter, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. View the original on Wikimedia Commons
Every photo is resized and cropped to fit our page layout. Where a photo is licensed CC BY-SA, our adapted version is shared under the same license.
The photos for Fairfield County, Farmington, Greenwich, Litchfield County, Middlesex County, Norwalk, Stonington, and Westport are in the public domain and need no credit. We thank their photographers all the same, including Carol M. Highsmith, whose photographs of Connecticut are held by the Library of Congress.