US-CT-Hammonasset+Beach+State+Park


 * =Birding in Connecticut=

New Haven County
=Hammonasset Beach State Park= Madison, Connecticut 06443 Hammonasset Beach State Park web site Hammonasset Beach State Park map

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Tips for birding Hammonasset Beach State Park
From Connecticut Audubon Society Hammonasset in Winter from Menunkatuck Audubon Soceity

Hammonasset Beach SP
Coordinates: 41.2619859, -72.5548234 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Hammonasset - Camp Area
Coordinates: 41.2688721, -72.5611782 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Hammonasset - East Beach Pavilion
Coordinates: 41.25863, -72.5542045 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Hammonasset--Meig's Point
Coordinates: 41.2490558, -72.5442213 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Hammonasset Beach SP - Meig's Point Parking Lot/Marshes
Coordinates: 41.2522001, -72.5451318 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Hammonasset Beach SP -- Nature Area Platform
Coordinates: 41.2544824, -72.5408041 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Hammonasset--pond by rotary
Coordinates: 41.2636384, -72.5566024 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Hammonasset - Rock Pond
Coordinates: 41.2494929, -72.5441891 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Hammonasset--West End
Coordinates: 41.2636142, -72.561779 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Hammonasset--Willard's Island
Coordinates: 41.2568798, -72.5446236 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Hammonasset Beach State Park
"Hammonasset" means, "where we dig holes in the ground" and refers to the place where a settlement of eastern woodland Indians farmed along the Hammonasset River. They subsisted on corn, beans, and squash, and by fishing and hunting. The first colonists arrived in 1639. Property changed hands frequently between Native Americans and the first colonists.

In 1898 the Winchester Repeating Arms Company bought Hammonasset and used it as a testing site for their new rifle. Their Lee Straight Pull rifle was mounted on a horse drawn stone boat, from which it was fired into targets on the beach.

On July 18, 1920, Hammonasset Beach State Park was opened to the public. The first season attracted over 75,000 visitors. The park's reputation drew tourists from across the continent as well as the state.

During World War II the park was closed to the public and loaned to the federal government as an army reservation. Meigs Point functioned as an aircraft range. Planes flew over Clinton Harbor, fired at the range and then flew out over Long Island Sound.

The stone breakwater at the Meigs Point end of the park was built in 1955. The stones were brought in by truck from quarries in northern New England. From Hammonasset Beach State Park web site

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