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Over a Dozen State Parks Reach Capacity

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It's a beautiful day for Connecticut residents to head out to a state park today, but over a dozen have already reached capacity, according to Conn. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

These parks have reached parking capacity and are now closed:

  • C.P. Huntington State Park in Bethel, Newtown and Redding
  • Penwood State Park in Bloomfield
  • Devil's Hopyard State Park in East Haddam
  • Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme
  • Bluff Point State Park in Groton
  • Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden
  • Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison
  • Mansfield Hollow State Park in Mansfield
  • Wadsworth Falls State Park in Middletown
  • Paugussett State Forest in Newtown
  • Seymour Reservoir #1 in Oxford
  • Talcott Mountain State Park in Simsbury
  • George Waldo State Park in Southbury
  • Southford Falls State Park in Southbury
  • Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford

For the latest state park closures, you can click here.

If you get to a park and find out it is closed, DEEP recommends finding a different park or coming back another day.

You can also find the list of all Conn. state parks here.

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