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Silver Sands State Park is a public recreation area located on Long Island Sound in the city of Milford, Connecticut. [3] The state park consists of 297 acres (120 ha) of beach, dunes, restored salt marsh , open areas and woods as well as the 14-acre (5.7 ha) bird sanctuary of Charles Island . [ 4 ]
Charles Island is a 14-acre (57,000 m 2) island located roughly 0.5 mile (1 km) off the coast of Milford, Connecticut, in Long Island Sound centered at . Charles Island is accessible from shore via a tombolo (locally referred to as a sandbar), which is exposed at low tide.
Silver Sands Beach at sunset in Milford, Connecticut. Source In November on Silver Sands Beach Date 10-21-2017 ... Milford, Connecticut; Metadata.
Laurel Beach, 1910. Milford has over 14 miles (23 km) of shoreline facing Long Island Sound, the most of any town in Connecticut. [55] A large portion of Milford's shoreline forms the Silver Sands State Park. A newly built 3/4 mile boardwalk was opened in 2011 that connects Silver Sands to Walnut Beach in Devon.
Over 300 different species of bird have been observed at this location. The Coastal Center is located on an 8.4-acre (34,000 m 2) barrier beach—the Smith-Hubbell Wildlife Refuge & Bird Sanctuary—and is situated next to the 840-acre (3.4 km 2) Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area at the mouth of the Housatonic River.
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Milford Point is a 23-acre (0.093 km 2) barrier beach on the shoreline of Milford, Connecticut. The long peninsula is the southwest extremity of the city, located at the mouth of the Housatonic River on Long Island Sound .
Devon lies on the coast with a great amount of coastline, including the local, Walnut Beach, connecting to Connecticut's Silver Sands State Park. It also has a surprisingly high amount of inland freshwater swamps. The Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area is located in Devon.