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Chapman Falls, in Devil's Hopyard State Park, cascades 60 feet. Would you like your wedding by a waterfall?
Devil's Hopyard waterfall is the most-photographed part of Devil's Hopyard, perfect for an outdoor wedding. People refer to it as "Devil's Hopyard Falls".
There are no admission fees or charges for parking. There are several parking lots with picnic tables by the water's edge, and miles of trails. There is seldom a crowd.
Chapman Falls and a parking lot are near the junction of Hopyard Road and Foxtown Road in East Haddam. The trail runs from the road above the waterfall beside the water to the rocks down to the pool and river. It is an easy walk from the parking lot to the rocks, where Chapman Falls makes the perfect wedding backdrop.
A covered bridge wedding in the Devil's Hopyard State Park would be a great symbolic way to begin your journey of marriage together. It is also a wonderful place for photographs of you as a happy newly-married couple. Devil's Hopyard may be the best place to get married under a covered bridge in CT.
Each season brings different colors to Devil's Hopyard: Crocus and other colorful flowers for your spring wedding, bright greens for your summer wedding, brilliant foliage for your autumn wedding, and earth tones for your winter wedding.
Weddings at Fox Hopyard & "On The Rocks"
Near Devil's Hopyard State Park is the Fox Hopyard Golf Club, a beautiful, well-maintained golf course. "On The Rocks" is the restaurant and lounge attached to the Fox Hopyard Golf Club.
There is a covered walkway between "On The Rocks" restaurant itself and the outside patio. You could plan your outdoor wedding on the patio, get dressed inside, and CT's changeable weather would not dampen your plans.
"On The Rocks" is well worth considering as a fallback plan for an indoor wedding at Fox Hopyard in case of bad weather, a restaurant for your rehearsal dinner, and a superb place to hold your reception. Well recommended for a leisurely lunch before or after you visit Devil's Hopyard, or to see whether you would like your wedding and reception at Fox Hopyard.
The Fox Hopyard street address is 1 Hopyard Road, East Haddam, CT 06423. Please call (800) 943-1903 or (860) 434-6644 before you go; "On The Rocks" is sometimes hosting a New England wedding.