A large Wangunk village of the same name was located in or near the modern-day park.[4] Machimoodus translates to "the place of noises",[5] the noises having been identified as the echoes of microearthquakes.[3] The East Haddam village of Moodus was similarly named after the preceding Wungunk village. The park was created when the Echo Farm dairy farm was purchased by the state for $2.1 million in 1998.[6] It lies adjacent to Sunrise State Park, a defunct summer resort that was purchased by the state in 2008.[7]
Activities and amenities
The park offers hiking, fishing, picnicking, and horseback riding. Lookout points on Mount Tom offer views of the Salmon, Moodus, and Connecticut rivers.[3]
^"Appendix A: List of State Parks and Forests"(PDF). State Parks and Forests: Funding. Staff Findings and Recommendations. Connecticut General Assembly. January 23, 2014. p. A-3. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
^ abc"Machimoodus State Park". Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
^Field, David D. (1814). A history of the towns of Haddam and East-Haddam. Loomis and Richards. p. 4.
^Trumbull, J. Hammond (1881). Indian names of places, etc., in and on the borders of Connecticut: With interpretations of some of them. Lockwood and Brainard. p. 18. ISBN9781016137553.
^"Ask the Courant". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. January 19, 2004. Retrieved May 15, 2013.