Free Transportation To Sleeping Giants State Park This Summer

HAMDEN, CT —The state is making it a little easier for folks to get to state beaches and parks this summer. And after all folks have endured during the pandemic year-plus, a day at the beach or the park is well-deserved and much needed.

The Connecticut Departments of Transportation and Energy and Environmental Protection created the ParkConneCT program, which aims to provide safe and reliable transportation within a 10 minute walk to Sleeping Giant, Hammonasset Beach, Silver Sands, Bluff Point, and Fort Trumbull state parks.

The ParkConneCT Pilot Program began Memorial Day weekend and runs through until Labor Day weekend.

All buses will operate without collecting fares on Saturdays, Sundays (if operating), Independence Day, which is observed on July 5, and Labor Day as part of the Weekend Wheels program promotion. Routes to these parks also serve train stations to provide access to the parks on a regional basis.

The program offers transportation through bus transit in each of the different towns to Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden, Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison, Silver Sands State Park in Milford, Bluff Point State Park in Groton, and Fort Trumbull State Park in New London.

For more details on schedules, train, bus and even ferry connections, directions, FAQs and more, click here.