We tent camped here for 5 nights in the last week of August. Spent a lot of time at the beach. Will most likely camp here again, we had a lot of fun and there are some really unique features to this state park. I think it would be very nice for a day trip as well.

Pros; It’s very beautiful on the beach, on the salt marches, and on the campground. The sand was white and very clean, the water was lovely with very small waves for less confident swimmers, you can walk or bike to the beach from your campsite, there were some recreational nature programs scheduled by the park that seemed cool. There are neat landmarks to explore around the park and nice trails/paths for biking or walking. For the most part the rangers/staff and the other campers were very friendly and respectful. It is less than an hours drive to many cool things to do in Connecticut such as Mystic, Lake Compounce, Dinosaur State Park, Niantic. About an hour from Rhode Island and Massachusetts as well. Very affordable to camp here even if you are from out of state. $30 a night. When we looked at state parks in Massachusetts they wanted $60 or so a night for out of state campers at places even more basic. The trees around the campground are beautiful and smell so good.

Cons; No playground at the campground or the beach. I think it would be nice if a couple loops had some swings, monkey bars, climbing dome, or natural playscaping. A lot do kids and tweens playing in the road and such since there was no playground or sports fields. The campground bathrooms were in pretty rough shape. We tent camp in state parks a lot so are standards aren’t super high for bathrooms while camping and we made it work. But primarily the issue was they didn’t seem to be cleaned often and when they were cleaned it was the bare minimum of cleaning happening, if that. The showers especially are crying out for a deep cleaning. Some sites have a decent amount of space from other sites and a decent amount of privacy from trees and foliage but others are right on top of their neighbors with minimal to no foliage. Seagull and Osprey loops seemed the best to me for that but even then not all sites were equal. The other loops are more open and flat and better for trailers. The beach closes pretty early - 7:30pm, even for campers wanting to watch the sunset/dusk. The nature center was not open at all the entire time we were there.