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Connecticut's most peaceful towns trade busy streets and crowded attractions for open farmland, secluded trails, and quiet waterfronts. In Woodstock, working dairy farms and the historic Roseland Cottage preserve the town's rural character, while Bridgewater's 106-acre Jane Pratt Farm Preserve offers a glimpse of the countryside. Along the coast, Stonington Borough invites leisurely walks to duBois Beach, overlooking Fishers Island Sound. Farther inland, Kent offers wooded hiking trails and sweeping mountain views at Macedonia Brook State Park. Serving up preserved farmland to secluded stretches of coastline, these Connecticut towns make finding some peace and quiet remarkably easy. Kent The small village of Kent is set in the lovely Litchfield Hills in northwestern Connecticut, just over four miles east of the New York border. The main earmark of this town is its natural setting, surrounded by deciduous forests, river valleys, waterfalls, and rolling hills.

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