Beaches in Connecticut

Connecticut reports 88 recreational beaches across 8 counties in the EPA BEACON attribute extract. The tables below list each beach with its waterbody, monitoring tier and access.

Beaches

Beach Act beaches

Public access

Counties

47 historical, 0 dormant

Source: US EPA BEACON beach attributes. Attribute year 2026. Last reviewed October 2026.

This page lists beach identity, location and monitoring-program attributes. It does not show current advisories or bacteria sample results. For today's conditions, check your state or local beach program. How to read these attributes.

Map of Connecticut beaches

Start coordinates of 42 beaches with reported coordinates Beach Act beach OtherView area on OpenStreetMap

Beaches by monitoring tier (blank tiers omitted)

Tier 126
Tier 29
Tier 37

Beaches by waterbody type (blank omitted)

Sound, Bay, or Inlet42

Counties in Connecticut

Counties

New Haven County	25	13	13
Fairfield County	22	19	19
New London County	21	8	8
Middlesex County	11	2	2
Litchfield County	4	0	0
Hartford County	2	0	0
Windham County	2	0	0
Tolland County	1	0	0

All Connecticut beaches

Beaches

788 Pequot Avenue BeachHistorical	New London County	Long Island Sound	No			0.02
Anchor Beach (Merwin Point) #1	New Haven County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	0.05
Bayview BeachHistorical	New Haven County	Long Island Sound	No			2.00
Black Rock State ParkHistorical	Litchfield County	Black Rock Pond	No			0.08
Branford Point Beach	New Haven County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	0.09
Burr Pond State ParkHistorical	Litchfield County	Burr Pond	No			0.02
Burwells BeachHistorical	New Haven County	Long Island Sound	No			1.00
Burying Hill Beach	Fairfield County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	0.08
Byram Beach	Fairfield County	Long Island Sound	Yes	3	Public	0.10
Cedar BeachHistorical	New Haven County	Long Island Sound	No			1.00
Chalker BeachHistorical	Middlesex County	Long Island Sound	No			0.25
Chatfield Hollow State ParkHistorical	Middlesex County	Schreeder Pond	No			0.06
Compo Beach	Fairfield County	Long Island Sound	Yes	3	Public	0.54
Cornfield Point BeachHistorical	Middlesex County	Long Island Sound	No			0.50
Cummings Beach	Fairfield County	Long Island Sound	Yes	3	Public	0.26
Day Pond State ParkHistorical	New London County	Day Pond	No			0.11
East (Cove Island) Beach	Fairfield County	Long Island Sound	Yes	3	Public	0.18
East Haven Town Beach	New Haven County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	0.16
East Shore SouthHistorical	New London County	Fishers Island Sound	No			0.01
East Wharf Beach	New Haven County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	0.07
Eastern Point Beach	New London County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	0.13
Esker Point Beach	New London County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	0.02
Fenwick BeachHistorical	Middlesex County	Long Island Sound	No			1.00
Fenwood BeachHistorical	Middlesex County	Long Island Sound	No			0.50
Fort Trumbull BeachHistorical	New Haven County	Long Island Sound	No			1.00
Gay City State ParkHistorical	Tolland County	Blackledge River	No			0.03
Great Captain's Island Beach	Fairfield County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	0.22
Green Harbor BeachHistorical	New London County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	0.07
Greenwich Point Beach	Fairfield County	Long Island Sound	Yes	2	Public	0.40
Gulf Beach	New Haven County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	0.22
Guthrie BeachHistorical	New London County	Long Island Sound	No			0.13
Hammonasset Beach State Park Beach	New Haven County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	1.93
Harvey's Beach	Middlesex County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	0.05
Hopeville Pond State ParkHistorical	Hartford County	Hopeville Pond	No			0.10
Indian Town BeachHistorical	Middlesex County	Long Island Sound	No			0.50
Indian Well State ParkHistorical	Fairfield County	Lake Housatonic	No			0.23
Island Beach	Fairfield County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	0.18
Jennings Beach	Fairfield County	Long Island Sound	Yes	2	Public	0.39
Jupiter Point BeachHistorical	New London County	Fishers Island Sound	No			0.02
Kettletown State ParkHistorical	New Haven County	Lake Lillinonah	No			0.01
Knollwood BeachHistorical	Middlesex County	Long Island Sound	No			0.50
L&m BeachHistorical	New London County	Long Island Sound	No			0.13
Lake MoheganHistorical	Fairfield County	Lake Mohegan	No			0.06
Lake Quonipaug BeachHistorical	New Haven County	Lake Quonipaug	No			0.06
Lake Waramaug State ParkHistorical	Litchfield County	Lake Waramaug	No			0.04
Lanphier Cove BeachHistorical	New Haven County	Long Island Sound	No			0.08
Laurel BeachHistorical	New Haven County	Long Island Sound	No			0.30
Lighthouse Point Beach	New Haven County	Long Island Sound	Yes	1	Public	0.14
Long Beach (Marnick's)	Fairfield County	Long Island Sound	Yes	2	Public	0.04
Mashamoquet Brook State ParkHistorical	Windham County	Mashamoquet Brook Pond	No			0.05

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