Rocky Neck State Park

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US State Park, Connecticut

PO Box 676
Niantic, CT 6357
www.dep.state.ct.us/stateparks/parks/rockyneck.htm

Phone: 860-739-5471
Size: 708 acres. Location: 3 miles west of Niantic (Exit 72 from the Connecticut Turnpike), at 244 W Main Street (Rte 156) in East Lyme. Facilities: 160 wooded and open campsites (open May-September), showers, bathrooms ( wheelchair access

), picnic tables ( wheelchair access

), pavilion, food concession, hiking trails. Activities: Camping, hiking, saltwater fishing, swimming, scuba diving, field sports, interpretive programs. Special Features: Park's stone-free, mile-long beach on Long Island Sound is one of Connecticut's finest saltwater swimming beaches.

Rocky Neck State Park

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Rocky Neck State Park is a state park and beach in East Lyme, Connecticut. It includes the Rocky Neck Pavilion which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Contents

1 History
2 Pavilion
3 Wildlife
4 See also
5 Notes
6 External links

History

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Rocky Neck is a 710-acre (2.9 km²) recreation spot located on Long Island Sound in the town of East Lyme, Connecticut. The public now enjoys use of the park because of a few conservationists who secured the land in 1931, using their personal funds until the State Legislature authorized its purchase.^[1]

In the 1930s, relief agencies constructed the curved masonry building of native materials and crafted supporting pillars with wood cut from each of the state parks and forests.^[1] Diverse trails within the park providewalks to the salt marsh and to such points of interest as Baker's Cave, Tony's Nose and Shipyard. Family camping within walking distance of saltwater bathing is also popular, with 160 wooded and open campsites offering vacationers overnight accommodations.

Bounded on the west by a tidal river and to the east by a broad salt marsh, Rocky Neck was known to early inhabitants as a place of abundant fish and wildlife. Today, high spring tides allow schools of herring to swim into Bride Brook toward inland spawning grounds. The osprey is a frequent early summer visitor. In the fall, cranes, herons and swans wade among cattails and rose mallow^{[disambiguation needed ]}. Seasonal changes provide opportunities to fish for mackerel, striped bass, blackfish and flounder. Rocky Neck state park has its own exit (exit 72) on the Connecticut portion of Interstate 95. This exit is for the Rocky Neck connector, which is designated as the unsigned Connecticut Special Service Road 449.^[2]

Pavilion

Rocky Neck Pavilion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	Lands End Point, Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme, Connecticut
Coordinates:	41°17′56″N 72°14′48″W / 41.29889°N 72.24667°W / 41.29889; -72.24667Coordinates: 41°17′56″N 72°14′48″W / 41.29889°N 72.24667°W / 41.29889; -72.24667
Area:	6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Built:	1934
Architect:	Barker,Russell F.; Et al.
Architectural style:	Rustic
Governing body:	State
MPS:	Connecticut State Park and Forest Depression-Era Federal Work Relief Programs Structures TR
NRHP Reference#:	86001745^[3]
Added to NRHP:	September 4, 1986

The Rocky Neck Pavilion is a Rustic style building from 1934, designed by Russell F. Barker and others. It was built as part of depression-era work relief efforts. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The listed area includes 6.5 acres (26,000 m²).^[3]

Wildlife

Wildlife in the park include cranes, egrets, herons, ospreys, and gulls.

Notes

^ ^a ^b http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325256#history
^ http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/secretlist.html
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.

External links

Pavilion at Rocky Neck

View from the Pavilion at Rocky Neck

View from Tony's Nose Overlook at Rocky Neck

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