State Parks and Beaches Open For Memorial Day Weekend

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).