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I'm happy to say that we found a great house in Essex - walk to town, etc etc. The downside is that Essex really isn't a beach town. I did some searching for non-resident, seasonal beach passes at nearby towns and couldn't find much or info was contradictory. Can anybody comment on which towns (if any) offer seasonal, non-resident passes? I guess Old Saybrook, Lyme, Westbrook etc would be the main places of interest. Thanks in advance,
Within A minute of reading this I googled Old Saybrook beach passes. Their parks and rec site says $150 for a non resident seasonal pass.
If bill 6650 passes it may go lower.
Within A minute of reading this I googled Old Saybrook beach passes. Their parks and rec site says $150 for a non resident seasonal pass.
If bill 6650 passes it may go lower.
I believe that’s for Harvey’s Beach and the price is the same for residents and non-residents. The town beach is maybe 1/2 a mile down the road and comes very cheap for resident. Harvey’s is a good deal. The concessions are cheap. It gives The Surf Club a run for it’s money. Not quite as nice, but it’s still great and a good deal for non-residents.
I believe that’s for Harvey’s Beach and the price is the same for residents and non-residents. The town beach is maybe 1/2 a mile down the road and comes very cheap for resident. Harvey’s is a good deal. The concessions are cheap. It gives The Surf Club a run for it’s money. Not quite as nice, but it’s still great and a good deal for non-residents.
If Bill 6650 passes, they'll only be able to charge up to double whatever the cheap resident rates are. I imagine the beaches further east are much more crowded. Everyone is up in arms about the bill or whenever something like that comes up, but in western CT, except for Milford, no one goes anyway.
You go to Darien beach midweek on a summer day, some days there's literally no one there, not a living soul around, maybe a couple of ladies playing paddle ball but that's about it.
On a non July 4 summer weekend you cruise the shoreline in a boat all the beaches are sparse. The Covid summer had more crowds but that since passed.
That would be sad for Old Saybrook. Residents should have a cheap place to go. Between Harvey's and Town Beach, Harvey's is far superior. I grew up going to the town beach. Town Beach has a tiny parking lot. Residents shouldn't need to compete for those spots.
The town bought Harvey's when I was in middle school. I worked a cleaning it up as part of a friend's eagle scout project. The town has put a lot of money and effort into making it a great beach. There's a reason why isn't not included with the regular beach pass.
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If Bill 6650 passes, they'll only be able to charge up to double whatever the cheap resident rates are. I imagine the beaches further east are much more crowded. Everyone is up in arms about the bill or whenever something like that comes up, but in western CT, except for Milford, no one goes anyway.
You go to Darien beach midweek on a summer day, some days there's literally no one there, not a living soul around, maybe a couple of ladies playing paddle ball but that's about it.
On a non July 4 summer weekend you cruise the shoreline in a boat all the beaches are sparse. The Covid summer had more crowds but that since passed.
Have you ever been to Sherwood, Calf Pasture, Compo, Bradley Point, or Jennings on a summer weekend? They are crowded.
There is no difference between busy beaches in eastern and western CT.
This bring to light another issue that I think is dumb, to say the least. Residents of Greenwich's Back Country and North Stamford get the preferential residents rates for the annual parking sticker at each town's beaches. However, while residents of Darien get the discounted rate for the sticker to park at Darien beaches, residents of New Canaan are charged the inflated non-residents rate?
PS. Yes, I know in many towns they did away with the actual sticker replaced with simply including the license plate in a digital database and the parking guard is able to tell with a handheld machine if a car paid for the season beach parking or not, if it belongs to a town's resident or non-resident, etc.
This bring to light another issue that I think is dumb, to say the least. Residents of Greenwich's Back Country and North Stamford get the preferential residents rates for the annual parking sticker at each town's beaches. However, while residents of Darien get the discounted rate for the sticker to park at Darien beaches, residents of New Canaan are charged the inflated non-residents rate?
PS. Yes, I know in many towns they did away with the actual sticker replaced with simply including the license plate in a digital database and the parking guard is able to tell with a handheld machine if a car paid for the season beach parking or not, if it belongs to a town's resident or non-resident, etc.
That sounds like something for the towns to arrange for themselves. Killingworth gets Clinton beach access. I'm not crying any tears for those poor New Canaan residents.
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