Hartford Winterfest features free public ice skating on a new and larger outdoor rink in Downtown Hartford’s Bushnell Park. This year the event runs from Friday, November 23rd, 2012 through Monday, January 21st, 2013.
There are other skating facilities and opportunities in the area too. Here’s a (likely incomplete) list of ones we have found:
Veteran’s Memorial Ice Skating Rink, West Hartford
Trinity Community Sports Complex Ice Skating Rink, Hartford
International Skating Center of Connecticut, Simsbury
South Windsor Arena, South Windsor
Newington Arena, Newington
Champions Skating Center, Cromwell
Bolton Ice Palace, Bolton
Enfield Twin Rinks, Enfield
Happy skating, and feel free to send information about other good places to skate and we’ll update this list.