page_title: Cove Island Park
section_title: Points of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Cove Island Park / Geography / Points of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: SoundWaters Coastal Education Center in Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT
context_page_description: Cove Island Park is an 83-acre park, beach and recreation area in the Cove section of Stamford, Connecticut, located on Long Island Sound.
  Access to the park requires a parking pass. The city's Park Commission charges Stamford residents with valid Stamford car registrations can buy a season pass for $25 at Government Center, the non-resident fee is $225.
context_section_description: Stamford's September 11th Memorial is located within the park.
  Since 2000 the park has been the headquarters of SoundWaters, a nonprofit environmental education organization that offers a free small aquarium, music, canoe trips, school trips, and family activities on land and aboard an 80-foot (24 m) schooner.
caption: SoundWaters Coastal Education Center
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