Given that it stretches for two miles along the Long Island Sound shore, Hammonasset is the largest beach in the Nutmeg State. Here, there are countless opportunities for a memorable day trip!
Less than 300 acres of salt marshes, hiking trails, and woodlands make up Silver Sands. When it is open to visitors in the summer, the beach, which has more than half a mile of shoreline, is the ideal place to unwind and relax.
This is the first state park in Connecticut and is renowned for having sand that is three different colors: red, black, and tan.
Compo Beach is a 29 acre park that is situated alongside the Saugatuck River. You have access to a boardwalk, a basketball court, a sand volleyball court, and my friends who live nearby and have young children have raved about their playground area!
Since Calf Pasture offers swimming, fishing, boating, walks, as well as areas for basketball, beach volleyball, skateboarding, and baseball, it is a well-liked CT family beach and is understandably busy in the summer.