All 23 state park beaches where water quality tests are conducted are open for Memorial Day weekend, according to a press release from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
Four shoreline parks and 19 inland lakes and ponds are included in the list.
Shoreline
- Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison
- Rocky Neck State Park, Niantic
- Sherwood Island State Park, Westport
- Silver Sands State Park, Milford
Lakes and Ponds
- Black Rock State Park, Watertown
- Burr Pond State Park, Torrington
- Chatfield Hollow State Park, Killingworth
- Cockaponset State Forest (Pattaconk), Chester
- Day Pond State Park, Colchester
- Gardner Lake State Park, Salem
- Gay City State Park, Hebron
- Hopeville Pond State Park, Griswold
- Indian Well State Park, Shelton
- Kettletown State Park, Southbury
- Lake Waramaug State Park, Kent
- Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret
- Mount Tom State Park, Litchfield
- Pachaug State Forest (Green Falls Pond), Voluntown
- Quaddick State Park, Thompson
- Squantz Pond State Park , New Fairfield
- Stratton Brook State Park, Simsbury
- Wadsworth Falls State Park, Middlefield
- Wharton Brook State Park, Wallingford
Note: Water quality information is updated Friday afternoon and then again starting on Mondays. For the most up-to-date information on the status of beaches over the weekend, please call the Water Quality Report Information Line at 1-866-CTPARKS (option #5).
