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Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - Friday, July 4, 2025
Thursday, June 26, 2025 - Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Monday, June 16, 2025 – Thursday, July 3, 2025
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.
Effective Immediately
Effective immediately – until further notice
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 – Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - Thursday, July 31, 2025
Effective immediately – until further notice
Monday, April 21, 2025 – Thursday, July 3, 2025
Effective immediately – Thursday, July 3
Ferry Service and camping opening on Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Effective immediately – Thursday, July 10, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025 – expected in 2026
Effective immediately - until further notice
Effective immediately – until further notice
Summer 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025 – Friday, August 15, 2025
May 2025 – July 2025
May 2025 – July 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
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - Friday, July 4, 2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 – Sunday, November 30, 2025
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - Friday, July 4, 2025
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