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Sunday, September 7, 2025, and continuing for approximately two months
Monday, September 8, 2025 – Friday, September 26, 2025
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 – Friday, September 12, 2025
Effective immediately – Saturday, November 15, 2025
July 19, 2025 – until further notice
Monday, April 28, 2025 –Monday, March 9, 2026
Sunday, April 27, 2025 – Sunday, November 9, 2025
Monday, November 6, 2023, and continuing on school days, 7:20 a.m. -7:50 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 – Friday, November 14, 2025
Effective immediately – until further notice
DCR-managed inland and coastal beaches, wading pools, and spray decks
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 – Friday, October 3, 2025
Friday, September 5, 2025
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 – the remainder of the season (September 13)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Effective Immediately
Monday, August 25, 2025- Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 – Friday, September 19, 2025 (Tuesdays- Fridays)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Effective immediately – until further notice
Effective immediately – until further notice
Effective immediately – until further notice
Effective immediately – until further notice
Effective immediately – until further notice
Effective immediately – until further notice
Effective immediately and until further notice
Summer 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025 – expected in 2026
Effective immediately – until further notice
Summer 2025
Reservations open on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 8 a.m. Camping will be available Fridays and Saturdays from May 23 to October 13, 2025 (last night to camp is October 12)
Tolland State Forest reservations open for seven days a week on May 8, 2025, Granville State Forest reservations open for seven days a week on June 20, 2025
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – Spring 2026
Friday, April 4, 2025 – Fall 2025
Effective immediately – until further notice
Monday, January 20, 2025 – fall 2025
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 – Summer 2025
Effective immediately
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 – until further notice
Beginning on Friday, April 26, 2024 – indefinitely
Effective immediately – until further notice
Effective immediately, until further notice
Thursday, May 4, 2023 – until further notice
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 – Sunday, November 30, 2025
Sunday, August 24, 2025 – Friday, September 5, 2025
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