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Rocky Neck State Park is a public recreation area encompassing 710 acres (290 ha) on Long Island Sound in the town of East Lyme, Connecticut, United States. The park encompasses a tidal river , a broad salt marsh , white sand beaches, rocky shores, and a large stone pavilion dating from the 1930s.
View of the Rocky Neck State Park Jetty, beach and the Giants Neck area shoreline in the Niantic section of East Lyme, Connecticut. East Lyme is located in southern New London County, west of Waterford and Montville, east of Lyme and Old Lyme, and south of Salem. Long Island Sound is to the south.
Sandy Neck Beach is a barrier beach (sandstone) that stretches 6.5 miles (10.6 kilometers) long and one half-mile (800 m) wide. [1] along Cape Cod Bay, backed along its entire length by undulating dunes and a picturesque salt marsh. It is a destination for all leisure activities: summer swimming, year-round hiking, and saltwater fishing.
Jul. 30—Rocky Neck and Harkness Memorial state parks are among the recipients of $15 million authorized Friday by the state Bond Commission for improvements. The commission approved $1.5 million ...
Atlantic Beach (contiguous with Easton's Beach across a small creek) Easton's Beach (First Beach) Belmont Beach (small, rocky) Rejects' Beach or People's Beach (contiguous with Bailey's Beach, at the end of the Newport Cliff Walk) Bailey's Beach (private) Gooseberry Beach (privately owned but open to public) Hazard's Beach (privately owned)
Located on a rocky peninsula within Gloucester's working harbor, Rocky Neck is known for its quaint neighborhood, geographic beauty and many art galleries and studios. Artists including Winslow Homer , Edward Hopper , and many others [ 2 ] working on Rocky Neck in the 19th and early 20th centuries inspired the Cape Ann style of American ...
Rocky Neck Connector; serves Rocky Neck State Park: SSR 450: 4.46: 7.18 US 1 in Madison: Route 79 in Madison — — Hammonasset Connector, Duck Hole Road, Horse Pond Road; serves Hammonasset Beach State Park: SSR 453: 0.32: 0.51 Route 10 in Hamden: Mount Carmel Avenue in Hamden — — Serves Sleeping Giant State Park: SSR 454: 1.89: 3.04 ...
The state park offers swimming, fishing, and other activities on 238 acres (96 ha) of beach, wetlands, and woodlands. Sherwood Island is numbered as Connecticut's first state park because state purchase of land at the site began in 1914. [3] [4] [5] The park is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.