Long Island Sound
Sound in Connecticut · 721,964 acres · near Bridgeport, Clinton, Cornfield Park, Darien
Long Island Sound has 8 boat ramps and 18 carry-in launches listed as public.
Boating rules
- All shores - 6 MPH limit and no water-skiing within 100 yards of shore. source
As the agency posts them on its launch page. Rules change; check before you go.
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys of December 14, 2021. Not for navigation.
Channel surveys
- Westport Harbor and Saugatuck River
Condition survey of December 14, 2021 by the New England District. Least depth in the channel (4-Foot Channel Reach 1): 1.5 ft below mean lower low water (MLLW); project depth 4 ft. Survey sheet (PDF)
US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.
Launches
- Altschuler Beach · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near West Haven · free
- Bradley Point Park · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near West Haven
- City Boat Ramp · Boat ramp · near West Haven Residents/permit only
- Clinton Town Marina Boat Launch · Boat ramp · near Clinton
- Compo Beach and Marina · Boat ramp · near Westport Residents/permit only
- Dawson Avenue Beach/Abbott Park · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near West Haven · free
- Dock Road Boat Launch · Boat ramp · near Waterford · free
- East Wharf Beach · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near Madison
- Guilford Town Marina · Boat ramp · near Guilford
- Hammonasset Beach Boat Launch · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near Madison · free
- Jacob's Beach · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near Guilford
- Lighthouse Point Park · Boat ramp · near New Haven
- Long Beach · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near Stratford
- Morse Beach · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near West Haven
- Pear Tree Point Beach Park · Boat ramp · near Darien
- Pleasure Beach · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near Waterford Residents/permit only
- Savin Rock Conference Center Water Access · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near West Haven
- Seaside Park · Boat ramp · near Bridgeport
- Shell Beach · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near Guilford · free
- Sherwood Island State Park · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near Westport
- Silver Sands State Park · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near Milford · free
- South Street Beach · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near West Haven · free
- Surf Club · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near Madison
- Waterford Beach Park · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near Waterford
- West Wharf Beach · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near Madison
- White Sands Beach · Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · near Old Lyme · free Residents/permit only
Community
Where people who fish, boat and paddle Long Island Sound talk about it. Lake associations, clubs and local groups will be added as we find them.
Wikidata: Q867460