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Connecticut Coastal Access Guide Explore the Connecticut Shore  Welcome to the Connecticut Coastal Access Guide, designed to help you explore the Connecticut shore. Use the guide to identify sites open to the public for boating, swimming, fishing, hiking and other outdoor activities. Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven, Connecticut Site Search Find a site by activity Town Search Find all sites in a Town Map Search Use a map to find sites Select a Site Alt Water Access Area, Essex Altschuler Beach, West Haven American Wharf Marina, Norwich Ash Creek Open Space, Fairfield Avalon Communities on Stamford Harbor, Stamford Baker Cove Subdivision Overlook, Groton Baldwin Bridge Scenic Overlook, Old Lyme Baldwin Bridge State Boat Launch, Old Saybrook Barn Island State Boat Launch, Stonington Barn Island Wildlife Management Area, Stonington Bay Street Parklet, Stonington Bayberry Lane State Boat Launch, Groton Baybrook Beach, West Haven Bayside Diesel Services Waterfront Walkway, Groton Bayside Road Overlook, Old Saybrook Belmont Street Fishing Access Area, Milford Birch Plain Creek Park, Groton Birdseye Street Boat Launch, Stratford Blue Point Overlook, Old Saybrook Bluff Point State Park and Reserve, Groton Bond's Dock, Stratford Bradley Point Park, West Haven Branford High School, Branford Branford Point, Branford Branford River Gateway Marsh Viewing Area, Branford Branford River State Boat Launch, Branford Branford Trolley Trail, Branford Brewery Square Walkway, New Haven Brewster Street Boat Launch, Bridgeport Brockway Ferry Landing, Deep River Burying Hill Beach and Wetlands, Westport Bush-Holly House Historic Site, Greenwich Bushnell Park, Essex Calf Pasture Beach, Norwalk Calf Pasture Overlook, Groton Canal Road Water Access Area, Westport Canfield Crossing Subdivision, Norwalk Captain Johns Sport Fishing Center, Waterford Captains Cove, Bridgeport Carijas, Groton Chaffinch Island Park, Guilford Charles Wheeler Wildlife Management Area, Milford Chester Creek Overlook, Chester Cini Memorial Park, East Lyme City Boat Ramp, West Haven City Pier and Waterfront Park, New London Clifton Street Boat Launch, New Haven Clinton Landing, Clinton Clinton Town Beach, Clinton Clinton Town Marina, Clinton Clinton Town Marina Boat Launch, Clinton Cockenoe Island, Westport Community Beach, Norwalk Compo Beach and Marina, Westport Compo Colonial Cemetery, Westport Conair Water Access Area, Stamford Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center, Milford Connecticut River Museum, Essex Constitution Park, Norwalk Cove Island Park, Stamford Criscuolo Park, New Haven CT DEEP Marine Headquarters-Ferry Landing Park, Old Lyme Cummings Park, Stamford D&D Hacienda, Norwalk Daskams Lane Park, Norwalk Dawson Avenue Beach/Abbott Park, West Haven Deep River Town Dock, Deep River Delamar Hotel, Greenwich Dock Road State Boat Launch, Waterford Driftway Water View, Westport duBois Beach, Stonington East Haven Town Beach, East Haven East River Preserve, Guilford East River State Boat Launch, Guilford East Rock Park, New Haven East Shore Park, New Haven East Wharf Beach, Madison Eastern Point Beach, Groton Ely's Ferry Landing, Lyme Erickson Park, Ledyard Esker Point Park, Groton Essex Town Dock, Essex Essex Town Park, Essex Farm River State Park, East Haven Fenwick Grove Coastal Forest, Old Saybrook Five Mile River Realty Walkway, Norwalk Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park, Groton Fort Nathan Hale Park, New Haven Fort Rachel Marine, Groton Fort Saybrook, Old Saybrook Fort Street Landing, Groton Fort Trumbull Riverwalk, New London Fort Trumbull State Park, New London Four Mile River State Boat Launch, Old Lyme Garbo Lobster, Groton Gatchen Creek Water Access, Westbrook Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam Gorham Island, Westport Grace Salmon Park, Westport Grand Street Boat Launch, East Lyme Grassy Island, Norwalk Gravel Street Pump Station, Groton Great Harbor Wildlife Management Area, Guilford Great Island State Boat Launch, Old Lyme Great Island Wildlife Management Area, Old Lyme Greeneville Dam Fishing Area, Norwich Greens Harbor Beach, New London Greenwich Point Park, Greenwich Guilford Salt Meadows Sanctuary, Guilford Guilford Town Marina, Guilford Gulf Beach, Milford Gus Edson Park, Stamford Hadlyme Ferry State Boat Launch, Lyme Haley Farm State Park, Groton Hammock Point Condominiums, Westbrook Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison Harbor House, Stamford Harborside Office Building, Greenwich Harborview/T.J. Marina, Norwalk Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford Hart Property Water View, Norwalk Harvey's Beach, Old Saybrook Henry Rowland Memorial Playground, Fairfield Heritage Riverfront Park Walkway, Norwich Hole-in-the-Wall Beach, East Lyme Housatonic River State Boat Launch, Milford Housatonic River Water Access at Great River Golf, Milford Howard T. Brown Park, Norwich Isham Street Boat Launch, Stonington Jacob's Beach, Guilford Jeanette Egan Park, Westport Jennings Beach, Fairfield Jordan Cove Water Access, Waterford Jordan Mill Park, Waterford Kelsey Landing, East Haven Kenneth Streeter State Boat Launch, Groton Kiddie Beach, Waterford Kirtland Landing, Westbrook Kosciuszko Park, Stamford Latimer Point Subdivision Saltmarsh Overlook, Stonington Levitt Pavilion/Westport Riverwalk, Westport Lieutenant River State Boat Launch, Old Lyme Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven Little Point Street, Essex Long Beach, Stratford Long Wharf Maritime Center Esplanade, New Haven Long Wharf Nature Preserve, New Haven Long Wharf Pier, New Haven Longshore Club Park and Marina, Westport Mack Lane Water Access Area, Essex Mago Point Park, Waterford Main Street Dock and Beach, Groton Mariners Point Condominiums, Milford Maritime Aquarium Park, Norwalk Marquis-by-the-River Condominiums, Norwalk McCook Park, East Lyme Mianus River Fish Way at the River House of Greenwich, Greenwich Middle Beach, Westbrook Milford Landing Marina, Milford Mill Pond, Westport Mill Pond Park, Norwalk Morris Creek Preserve, New Haven Morse Beach, West Haven Mystic Art Association, Groton Mystic River Dinghy Dock and Viewing Area, Stonington Mystic River Park, Stonington Mystic River Scenic Overlook, Groton Mystic River State Boat Launch, Groton Mystic Seaport, Stonington Mystic Shipyard, Groton Nautilus Parklet, Groton Newfield Avenue Boat Ramp, Bridgeport Niantic Bay Boardwalk, East Lyme Niantic River State Boat Launch, Waterford Norwalk River Medical Offices Water View, Norwalk Norwalk Rowing Club SSMLN LLC, Norwalk Nott Lane Open Space, Essex Novelty Lane Water Access Area, Essex Oak Street Beach, West Haven Oak Street Beach Activity Building, West Haven Ocean Beach Park, New London Old Lyme Ferry Road Launch Site and Dock, Old Lyme Old Mill Beach, Westport Old Saybrook Town Dock, Old Saybrook One Thirty Seven Rowayton Avenue Waterfront Overlook, Norwalk Oyster Bend Condos Waterfront Walkway, Norwalk Oyster River Overlook, Old Saybrook Oyster Shell at Heritage Park, Norwalk Painter Park, West Haven Palmer Court (Noank) Public Access, Groton Pardee Seawall Park, New Haven Parker Harding Plaza, Westport Pasacreta Park, Westport Pawcatuck Park, Stonington Pawcatuck River Wildlife Management Area, Stonington Pear Tree Point Beach Park, Darien Peck Beach, West Haven Penfield Beach, Fairfield Penfield Reef, Fairfield Perry Green, Fairfield Perry's Mill Ponds, Fairfield Peruzzotti Boat Launch, Groton Pfizer Global Development Facility, New London Pilgrim Landing, Old Lyme Pine Creek Recreation Park, Fairfield Pinkney Historic Park, Norwalk Pleasure Beach, Waterford Pleasure Beach Fishing Pier, Bridgeport Point-No-Point, Stratford Poquetanuck Cove Boat Launch, Ledyard Poquetanuck Cove Reserve, Ledyard Poquetanuck Cove Water Access, Preston Poquonnock River Walkway, Groton Powerhouse Condominiums Waterfront Walkway, Groton Pratt Cove, Deep River Public Boat Slips and Moorings at Veterans Memorial Park, Norwalk Quinnipiac Meadows, New Haven Quinnipiac River Park, New Haven Quinnipiac River Water Access Area, North Haven Ragged Rock Creek Marsh Overlook, Old Saybrook Railroad Beach, East Lyme Randall's Wharf Condominiums Waterfront Walkway, Groton Redwing Foundation Wetland/Pond Open Space, Clinton Rickards Beach, Fairfield River House Tavern, Westport Riverside Park, New London Riverside Town Park, Westport Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme Russian Beach, Stratford S & P Oyster Company Walkway, Stonington Saint Mary's by the Sea, Bridgeport Saltaire Subdivision, Old Saybrook Saltwater Farm Vineyard Boat Launch, Stonington Sammis Street Bridge, Norwalk Sandy Point, West Haven Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary, West Haven Saugatuck Center on the Plaza, Westport Saugatuck River Access, Westport Saugatuck River Boardwalk, Westport Saugatuck River State Boat Launch, Westport Sauguatuck Rowing Club, Westport Savin Rock Conference Center Water Access, West Haven Saybrook Point, Old Saybrook Scholes Lane Water Access Area, Essex Seabluff Beach, West Haven Seaside Park, Bridgeport Selden Creek Preserve, Lyme Selden Neck State Park, Lyme Shantok-Village of Uncas, Montville Shaw's Landing Condominiums, New London Shea/Ram Island, Norwalk Sheffield Island Lighthouse, Norwalk Shell Beach, Guilford Sherwood Island State Park, Westport Sherwood Mill Pond Walkway, Westport Shore Avenue Overlook, Old Saybrook Shore Pointe Office Building Waterfront Overlook, Norwalk Shoreline Trolley Museum, East Haven Short Beach Park, Stratford Silver Sands State Park, Milford Smith Neck Town Landing, Old Lyme Sono Harbor Associates Waterfront Overlook, Norwalk Sound View Beach, Old Lyme South Bank Open Space, Shelton South Cove Causeway, Old Saybrook South Street Beach, West Haven Spencer's Creek Preserve, Guilford Spicer Memorial Park, Groton Stamford Harbor Office Park Waterfront Walkway, Stamford Steamboat Wharf, Groton Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge-Great Meadows Unit, Stratford Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge-Milford Point Unit, Milford Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge-Outer Island, Branford Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge-Salt Meadow Unit, Westbrook Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge-Sheffield Island Unit, Norwalk Stoddard Hill State Park Boat Launch, Ledyard Stonington Commons, Stonington Stonington Point, Stonington Stonington Town Dock Fishing Pier and Memorial, Stonington Stony Creek Town Dock and Beach, Branford Sunnyside Boat Ramp, Shelton Surf Club, Madison Tanglewood Open Space, Groton Thames River State Boat Launch, New London The Avery Tract, Waterford The Dock Shopping Center, Stratford The Hammocks, Clinton The Plains Island, Norwalk The Sound School Pier and Walkway, New Haven The St. Ann Club, Norwalk Thomas Place Estate, Norwalk Town of Montville Boat Launch, Montville Transient Boat Docks and Launch at Veterans Memorial Park, Norwalk Trolley Road Coastal Access, Guilford Turtle Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, Essex U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London UCONN-Avery Point, Groton USS Nautilus Memorial Museum, Groton Veteran's Memorial Park, Norwalk Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park, New Haven Village at Black Rock, Bridgeport Village at Stamford Landing, Stamford Village Square Waterfront Walkway, Westport Walnut Beach, Milford Wamphassuc West Subdivision Marsh Overlook, Stonington Wastewater Treatment Plant Waterfront Walkway, Norwalk Watch Rock Park, Old Lyme Water Street Public Dock and Launch, Groton Waterford Beach Park, Waterford Waterfront Walkway 285 Riverside, Westport Waterfront Walkway 299 Riverside, Westport Waterfront Walkway 341 Riverside, Westport Waterview Landing, Milford Waylands Wharf, Stonington Weed Beach, Darien West Beach, Westbrook West Haven Beaches Recreation Path, West Haven West River Memorial Park, New Haven West Wharf Beach, Madison Westfield Milford Connecticut Post Mall, Milford Whalers Point, East Haven White Sands Beach, Old Lyme Wilcox Park, Milford

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