The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is still assessing storm damage to state parks, including swimming areas and campgrounds.
As of Wednesday, August 31, 2011, at 1pm:
Swim Areas
All swim areas (shoreline and inland) are CLOSED until further notice.
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Parks and Forests
The following state parks and forests are OPEN:
- American Legion State Forest
- Barn Island (boat launch open, trails closed)
- Beckley Furnace State Park
- Bigelow Hollow State Park
- Black Rock State Park (not swim area)
- Bluff Point State Park
- Burr Pond State Park (not swim area)
- Camp Columbia State Park
- Cockaponset State Forest
- Dennis Hill State Park
- Dinosaur State Park
- Farm River State Park
- Fort Griswold State Park
- Fort Trumbull State Park (The fishing pier is closed.)
- Haley Farm State Park
- Hammonasset Beach State Park (not swim area or campground)
- Housatonic Meadows State Park
- Kent Falls State Park
- Lake Waramaug State Park (not swim area)
- Macedonia Brook State Park
- Millers Pond State Park
- Mohawk Mountain State Park
- Mount Tom State Park (not swim area)
- Pattaconk Lake Recreation Area (Cockaponset State Forest - not swim area)
- Penwood State Park
- Peoples State Forest
- Shenipsit State Forest
- Sleeping Giant State Park
- Squantz Pond State Park (not swim area)
- Stratton Brook State Park (not swim area)
- Topsmead State Forest
- Talcott Mountain State Park
- West Rock Ridge State Park
- Wharton Brook State Park (not swim area)
The following state parks and forests are CLOSED:
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- Air Line Trail State Park
- Chatfield Hollow State Park
- Collis P. Huntington State Park
- Day Pond State Park
- Devil’s Hopyard State Park
- Eagle Landing State Park (re-closed due to flooding)
- Gardner Lake State Park
- Gay City State Park
- Gillette Castle State Park
- Haddam Meadows State Park (re-closed due to flooding)
- Harkness Memorial State Park
- Haystack Mountain State Park
- Hopeville Pond State Park
- Indian Well State Park
- James L Goodwin State Forest
- Kellogg Environmental Center
- Kettletown State Park
- Machimoodus State Forest
- Mansfield Hollow State Park
- Mashamoquet Brook State Park
- Naugatuck State Forest
- Osbornedale State Park
- Pachaug State Forest (Mt. Misery and Green Falls Recreation Areas)
- Putnam Memorial State Park
- Quaddick State Park
- Rocky Neck State Park
- Salmon River State Forest
- Salt Rock State Campground
- Sherwood Island State Park
- Silver Sands State Park
- Southford Falls State Park
- Wadsworth Falls State Park
- Windsor Locks State Park
Campgrounds
The following state park campgrounds are OPEN:
- Austin Hawes Campground (American Legion State Forest)
- Black Rock State Park Campground (not swim area)
- Housatonic Meadows State Park Campground
- Lake Waramaug State Park Campground (not swim area)
- Macedonia Brook State Park Campground
The following state park campgrounds are CLOSED:
- Devil’s Hopyard State Park Campground
- Hammonasset Beach State Park Campground
- Hopeville Pond State Park Campground
- Kettletown State Park Campground
- Mashamoquet Brook State Park Campground
- Rocky Neck State Park Campground
- Salt Rock State Park Campground
- Wolf Den Campground (Mashamoquet Brook State Park)
- Pachaug State Forest Campground (Mt. Misery and Green Falls)
- River Camping Sites (River Highlands, Gillette, Hurd, and Selden Neck Island State Parks)
For the current status of state parks, visit www.ct.gov/dep. For additional information please contact the State Parks Division at (860) 424-3200.
