More than a dozen state parks close after reaching capacity on July 4th

More than a dozen state parks closed after reaching capacity on July 4th.

The parking lots at following parks were full:

• Bigelow Hollow State Park in Union
• Black Rock State Park in Watertown
• Burr Pond State Park in Torrington
• Gardner Lake State Park in Salem
• Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison
• Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford
• Hopeville Pond State Park in Griswold
• Indian Well State Park in Shelton
• Kent Falls State Park in Kent
• Miller Pond State Park in Haddam
• Mount Tom State Park in Litchfield
• Pattaconk Recreation Center (Cockaponset State Forest)
• Quaddick State Park in Thompson
• Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme
• Sherwood Island State Park in Westport
• Silver Sand State Park in Milford
• Squantz Pond State Park in New Fairfield
• Wadsworth Falls State Park in Middletown

Any parks that closed on Thursday will reopen to new visitors on Friday.