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Some State Parks Reopen but All State Swimming Areas Still Closed [RELEASE]
The state began to reopen state parks Tuesday afternoon but many remain closed.
The state has announced a number of parks have reopened but dozens remain closed. Swimming is still closed at all parks according to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
Parks and Forests
The following STATE PARKS AND FORESTS ARE OPEN:
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- American Legion State Forest
- 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)
- Cockaponset State Forest
- Dennis Hill State Park
- Dinosaur State Park
- Fort Griswold State Park
- Fort Trumbull State Park (please note that 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
- 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
- Stratton Brook State Park (not swim area)
- Topsmead State Forest
- Talcott Mountain State Park
The following STATE PARKS AND FORESTS ARE CLOSED:
- Air Line Trail State Park
- Camp Columbia 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)
- Farm River State Park
- 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
- Mohawk Mountain 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
- Squantz Pond State Park
- Wadsworth Falls State Park
- West Rock Ridge State Park
- Wharton Brook State Park
- Windsor Locks State Park
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
- 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)
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