CT Swimming Areas: What's Open and Closed On the 4th of July

Open Lakes and Ponds

• Black Rock State Park, Watertown
• Burr Pond State Park, Torrington
• Cockaponset State Forest (Pattaconk), Chester
• Day Pond State Park, Colchester
• Gardner State Park, Salem
• Gay City State Park, Hebron
• Hopeville Pond State Park, Griswold
• Indian Well State Park, Shelton
• Kettletown State Park, Southbury
• Lake Waramaug State Park, Kent
• Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret
• Mount Tom State Park, Litchfield
• Quaddick State Park, Thompson
• Squantz Pond State Park, New Fairfield
• Stratton Brook State Park, Simsbury
• Wadsworth Falls State Park, Middlefield
• Wharton Brook State Park, Wallingford
   

 Open Shoreline Beaches

• Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison
• Rocky Neck State Park, Niantic
• Sherwood Island State Park, Westport
• Silver Sands State Park, Milford

Closed Lakes & Ponds

• Chatfield Hollow State Park, Killingworth
• Pachaug State Forest - Green Falls Pond, Voluntown - low water levels

Listed above are the state park beaches where water quality is tested weekly, starting on Memorial Day weekend and continuing through Labor Day weekend.

The testing is conducted by the CT DEEP to ensure that it is safe for swimming. Samples are collected by DEEP staff and are analyzed at the Department of Public Health Lab. Local health departments are responsible for sampling municipal swimming areas.

For more information: http://www.ct.gov/deep/beachstatus