Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Don't close down my thread, Mod. I'm trying to find something our family can do today, Labor Day, that would allow us to visit the coast possibly or the country towns inland from the coast.
Is Marlborough, Coventry, Salem still without power? How about Hebron?
There's many events planned on Labor Day, but don't want to travel all the way out there, only to find they aren't having an event cuz of the storm Irene!
Are there ANY beach towns with parks open today on the CT coastline?
Did any beach towns NOT get hurt and have been open for the last week?
DanaMarley - I will not shut this thread down. You are asking a good question on a separate topic. I do not have an answer for you but you can check the CL&P website for the towns with outages. Also I am pretty sure the state beaches are open. You can check the DEEP website for that oo. Jay
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3]Hurricane Irene[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]As a result of the storm, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s State Parks Division is in the process of assessing any potential damage to our state parks.[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[CENTER][SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]Swim Areas | Parks & Forests | Campgrounds [/SIZE] [/SIZE][/SIZE][/CENTER]
[CENTER][SIZE=2][SIZE=3]As of Friday, September 2, 2011 at 4:00 pm[/SIZE][/SIZE][/CENTER]
[CENTER][SIZE=2][SIZE=3]For updated information over the holiday weekend please visit our State Parks Facebook Page or follow us on Twitter.[/SIZE][/SIZE][/CENTER]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]Swim Areas [/SIZE][SIZE=2]The following SWIM AREAS ARE OPEN:[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]
[SIZE=2]Black Rock State Park[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Burr Pond State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Day Pond State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Gardner Lake State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Gay City State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Hammonasset Beach State Park[/SIZE] [SIZE=2](west beach remains closed)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Hopeville Pond State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Lake Waramaug State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Mount Tom State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Pattaconk Recreation Area (Cockaponset State Forest) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Quaddick State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Rocky Neck State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Squantz Pond State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Stratton Brook State Park[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]The following SWIM AREAS ARE CLOSED: [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3]
[SIZE=2]Chatfield Hollow State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Indian Well State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Kettletown State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Mashamoquet Brook State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Sherwood Island State Park[/SIZE] [SIZE=2](will open 8:00 am Saturday, September 3)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Silver Sands State Park[/SIZE] [SIZE=2](will open 8:00 am Saturday, September 3)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Wadsworth Falls State Park[/SIZE] [SIZE=2](will open 8:00 am Saturday, September 3)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Wharton Brook State Park
[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]Parks and Forests [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The following STATE PARKS AND FORESTS ARE OPEN:[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]
[SIZE=2]Air Line Trail State Park [/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]American Legion State Forest[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Barn Island (boat launch open, trails closed)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Beckley Furnace State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Bigelow Hollow State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Black Rock State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Bluff Point State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Burr Pond State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Camp Columbia State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Cockaponset State Forest [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Collis P. Huntington State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Day Pond State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Dennis Hill State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Dinosaur State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Farm River State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Fort Griswold State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Fort Trumbull State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Gardner Lake State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Gay City State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Haley Farm State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Hammonasset Beach State Park [/SIZE][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]
[SIZE=2]Harkness Memorial State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Haystack Mountain State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Hopeville Pond State Park (not campground)[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Housatonic Meadows State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Hurd State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]James L Goodwin State Forest [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Kellogg Environmental Center [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Kent Falls State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Lake Waramaug State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Macedonia Brook State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Machimoodus State Forest [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Mansfield Hollow State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Meshomasic State Forest[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Millers Pond State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Mohawk Mountain State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Mount Tom State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Pachaug State Forest (Mt. Misery and Green Falls Recreation Areas - not campgrounds) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Pattaconk Lake Recreation Area (Cockaponset State Forest) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Penwood State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Peoples State Forest [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Putnam Memorial State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Quaddick State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Rocky Neck State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Salmon River State Forest [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Shenipsit State Forest [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Sleeping Giant State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Southford Falls State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Squantz Pond State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Stratton Brook State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Topsmead State Forest [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Talcott Mountain State Park[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Tunxis State Forest[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]West Rock Ridge State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Wharton Brook State Park (not swim area)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Windsor Locks State Park[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]The following STATE PARKS AND FORESTS ARE CLOSED:[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3]
[SIZE=2]Chatfield Hollow State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Devil’s Hopyard State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Eagle Landing State Park (re-closed due to flooding) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Gillette Castle State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Haddam Meadows State Park (re-closed due to flooding) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Indian Well State Park (will open 8:00 am Saturday, September 3 - not swim area)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Kettletown State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Mashamoquet Brook State Park [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Naugatuck State Forest [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Osbornedale State Park (will open 8:00 am Saturday, September 3)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Salt Rock State Campground [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Sherwood Island State Park (will open 8:00 am Saturday, September 3)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Silver Sands State Park (will open 8:00 am Saturday, September 3)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Wadsworth Falls State Park (will open 8:00 am Saturday, September 3)[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]Campgrounds [/SIZE][SIZE=2]
[/SIZE][SIZE=2]The following STATE PARK CAMPGROUNDS ARE OPEN:[/SIZE] [/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3]
[SIZE=2]Austin Hawes Campground (American Legion State Forest) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Black Rock State Park Campground [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Hammonasset Beach State Park Campground [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Housatonic Meadows State Park Campground [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Lake Waramaug State Park Campground [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Macedonia Brook State Park Campground [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Rocky Neck State Park Campground [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]The following STATE PARK CAMPGROUNDS [SIZE=3]WILL REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND[/SIZE]:[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3]
[SIZE=2]Devil’s Hopyard State Park Campground [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Hopeville Pond State Park Campground [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Kettletown State Park Campground [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Mashamoquet Brook State Park Campground [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Salt Rock State Park Campground [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Wolf Den Campground (Mashamoquet Brook State Park)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Pachaug State Forest Campground (Mt. Misery and Green Falls) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]River Camping Sites (River Highlands, Gillette, Hurd, and Selden Neck Island State Parks)[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]Campers will be able to receive a full refund for the nights they will not be able to use their reservations and may contact ReserveAmerica at [/SIZE][SIZE=2]www.reserveamerica.com[/SIZE][SIZE=2] or 1-877-668-CAMP (2267).[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2]For additional information please contact the State Parks Division at [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2](860) 424-3200. [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
Don't close down my thread, Mod. I'm trying to find something our family can do today, Labor Day, that would allow us to visit the coast possibly or the country towns inland from the coast.
Is Marlborough, Coventry, Salem still without power? How about Hebron?
There's many events planned on Labor Day, but don't want to travel all the way out there, only to find they aren't having an event cuz of the storm Irene!
Are there ANY beach towns with parks open today on the CT coastline?
Did any beach towns NOT get hurt and have been open for the last week?
It was a bit late to be looking for something to do on Labor Day, if you are posting here on CD at almost noon - on Labor Day. Day's almost half over. Labor Day is one of the busiest "recreation days" of the year - normally you'd have made plans for it a couple weeks in advance, and contingency plans in case of rain (which - would apply, if you consider you probably wouldn't want to go to a beach when it's raining, so a hurricane causing it to be closed can count as a "beach isn't an option" day).
Maybe next year, check before your family should already be halfway to their destination, to see if the destination is an option.
As for the day after labor day, beaches are generally open all year round; however the lifeguards and hot dog vendors and ice cream trucks usually mark Labor Day as the official end of the season. If you want to know which beach, in particular, is open tomorrow, considering the hurricane situation, you'd need to check the state park website for updates.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
