What is Wrong with Connecticut Beaches?

[Mazderati]

100 miles of coastline and I almost never see anything about Connecticut beaches. Does the state suck hard enough the beaches don't matter?

[old goat]

I expect the folks in connecticut prefer it that way.
Lots of great beaches in Michigan on the Great Lakes that mostly Michiganders know about, and tons of great lakes.

[Peruvian]

I expect the folks in connecticut prefer it that way.
Lots of great beaches in Michigan on the Great Lakes that mostly Michiganders know about, and tons of great lakes.

Actually only 5 Great Lakes. Not all of them on Michigan though.

[ötzi]

They have some nice beaches in CT but most of their shoreline is on Long Island Sound so it's more like a big saltwater lake than the ocean. Plus with how urban the western end of the Sound is it's easy to get kinda sketched out by thinking too much about the water quality.

Hammonasset State Park has a really nice beach near the eastern end of the Sound but the beach faces west and there's generally no waves.

[Benny Profane]

Most of the beaches in CT. are restricted use. Either privately owned or town owned and operated with stupid high fees for non residents. That sucks.

Say what you will about L.I., which is utter suburban banal traffic clogged hell, and Robert Moses, who used his power to destroy so many places in reverence to automobiles, but, they have some of the sweetest public beaches in the country, thanks to him.

[Core Shot]

Connecticut bitches?

So wrong, so often

[Toadman]

CT beaches may suck. (Never been to one of them) But, they have some surprisingly good maple syrup. Who knew?

[bonewrenched]

The shore is rocky, the sound is muddy and the beaches are meh, but the sunsets are epic

[muted]

Once our expedition finally maps the elusive upper NY, if they have the energy, their next mission should be the beaches of Connecticut.

[BC.]

Daughter had an official visit to Fairfield.....team had a house at the beach.....lol. Chose elsewhere, but that would of been pretty cool.

[old goat]

Actually only 5 Great Lakes. Not all of them on Michigan though.

Great Lakes and great lakes. 2 of the Great Lakes--Michigan and Huron--have great beaches. Superior--at least what I've seen of it, is rocky, bluffs, not beachy. We tried climbing there a couple of times without much success. The short stretch of Michigan shoreline on Lake Erie is from Detroit to Toledo. That's all you need to know about it. Lake Ontario doesn't touch Michigan. As far as great lakes--Lake Charlevoix and it's neighbor Walloon Lake are special, . The latter is where Hemingway's family had a cabin and he wrote some stories set there; I read them all the summer I lived and worked there. Grand Traverse Bay and Sleeping Bear Dunes are nearby. Also a couple of 600 foot ski hills. The most beautiful part of Michigan IMO.

[Ski220]

100 miles of coastline and I almost never see anything about Connecticut beaches. Does the state suck hard enough the beaches don't matter?

Yup.

[warthog]

I grew up in Northern CT near Hartford. We had amazing beaches. They were in RI.

[OldLarry]

It’s the sound- not the ocean. Nuff said


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[retirwntm]

Yup.

Is that thinks now?


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[rideit]

Hammonasset State Park has a really nice beach near the eastern end of the Sound but the beach faces west and there's generally no waves.

My Grandma’s house was on the water in Madison, next inlet down from Hammonasset. I touched my first boobie there, so it will always have a special place in my heart.

[retirwntm]

Please tell me it wasn’t your grandma’s boobie.


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[rideit]

A gentleman never tells.

[goldenboy]

My grandparents were also in Madison, and my grandfather would always rent a beach house for all the aunts/uncles/cousins to get together. When I think of that beach, I think of rocks, barnacles, seaweed, jellyfish, and water with about 1' of visibility. Which is probably why I get as excited about beaches as I do about cornfields even today.

[gravitylover]

The biggest problem is that they are in CT. The LI Sound used to be cool but the beaches aren't and the fishing sux now too until you get out of the sound whereas it used to be really good. All of the species that used to be strong aren't anymore, even lobsters are gone.

[Timberridge]

Connecticut bitches?

So wrong, so often

I just had one move next door to me. I have another 2 houses down also from CT as well. Both divorced with kids trying to start a new life. Divorce rate in CT must be off the hook. The 2 houses down one didn't like the way her grass looked so she had the landscaper rip it all up and lay down a 0.5 acre of sod and she was complaining how much it cost...then a year later decides she needs an inground pool and got the whole lawn ripped up again. I'm like wtf??

[Tele 'til You're Smelly]

My Grandma’s house was on the water in Madison, next inlet down from Hammonasset. I touched my first boobie there, so it will always have a special place in my heart.

I'm a stone's throw from there as we speak (visiting family- overlooking Fence Creek marsh, the one with the bridge). Plenty of sandy beaches (Hammo especially- which is mid sound, not eastern), and the water's alot cleaner than it was 40 years ago. Ospreys everywhere. No surfing because it's the sound, but great for all other water sports.

[huckbucket]

My Grandma’s house was on the water in Madison, next inlet down from Hammonasset. I touched my first boobie there, so it will always have a special place in my heart.

My first boobie touch was on a beach on lake ontario. Coincidence? I think NOT!

[ötzi]

Plenty of sandy beaches (Hammo especially- which is mid sound, not eastern)...

I beg to differ. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ha...!4d-72.5584208

[pepperdawg]

Here we go again - what is mid-sound. I say west of the Thames to about Bridgeport is mid-sound....

Where is Upstate NY?