Several state parks in Connecticut are closed after parking lots reached full capacity on Saturday.
These are the state parks closed:
- Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden
- Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison
- Wadsworth Falls State Park in Middletown
- Topsmead State Forest in Litchfield
- Sherwood Island State Park in Westport
- West Rock Ridge State Park in Hamden
- Millers Pond State Park in Haddam
- Gillette Castle State Park in East Haddam
- Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford
- Talcott Mountain State Park in Simsbury
- Penwood State Park in Bloomfield
- Devil's Hopyard State Park in East Haddam
- Housatonic Meadows State Park in Sharon
- Paugussett State Forest in Newtown
- Southford Falls State Park in Southbury
- George Waldo State Park in Southbury
- C.P. Huntington State Park in Newtown, Bethel and Redding
- Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area in Burlington
The closures are effective for the rest of the day.