Rocky Neck, East Lyme Just off State Route 156. The park consists of over a mile of beachfront and woods. An occasional train runs behind the beach. Sound View Beach, Old Lyme Hartford Avenue Old Lyme. Teens and twenty-somethings rule at this beach.
Parking is available for a fee in lots run by the town.
Fresh Water Beaches Black Rock, Watertown 2 miles west of Thomaston on Route 6. The park connects with the woodland section of Mattatuck State Forest with a scenic hiking trial in the Western Highlands. Concession, flush toilets, drinking water and change house available. Burr Pond, Torrington 5 miles north of Torrington on old Route 8. An 88-arce pond in the northern Connecticut hills.