What are you doing for the Memorial Day weekend? Will you be ushering in the summer at home or taking off the weekend? With iffy weather projections ranging from sunny to possible thunderstorms, it might be a good idea to rely on last minute planning, so Patch has you covered!
Below is a list of State Beaches, all of which will be open this weekend. According to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, “All 23 state park beaches where water quality tests are conducted are open for Memorial Day weekend. These include four shoreline parks and 19 inland lakes and ponds.”
Have some other fun ideas for staying local and making the best of the best of Connecticut? Share your ideas with your friends and neighbors, and tell us in the comments.
DEP: State Swimming Area Water Quality Report Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection website.
Shoreline
Hammonasset Beach State Park
Rocky Neck State Park
Sherwood Island State Park
Silver Sands State Park
Lakes and Ponds
Black Rock State Park
Burr Pond State Park
Chatfield Hollow State Park
Cockaponset State Forest (Pattaconk)
Day Pond State Park
Gardner Lake State Park
Gay City State Park
Hopeville Pond State Park
Indian Well State Park
Kettletown State Park
Lake Waramaug State Park
Mashamoquet Brook State Park
Mount Tom State Park
Pachaug State Forest (Green Falls Pond)
Quaddick State Park
Squantz Pond State Park
Stratton Brook State Park
Wadsworth Falls State Park
Wharton Brook State Park
Location Status
Madison OPEN
Niantic OPEN
Westport OPEN
Milford OPEN
Location Status
Watertown OPEN
Torrington OPEN
Killingworth OPEN
Chester OPEN
Colchester OPEN
Salem OPEN
Hebron OPEN
Griswold OPEN
Shelton OPEN
Southbury OPEN
Kent OPEN
Pomfret OPEN
Litchfield OPEN
Voluntown OPEN
Thompson OPEN
New Fairfield OPEN
Simsbury OPEN
Middlefield OPEN
Wallingford OPEN
