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Bluff Point State Park
- Established
- 1975
- Acreage
- 806 · 806 acres on a wooded peninsula; 778 acres designated as a Coastal Reserve by the Connecticut legislature in 1975. Western third of the land was purchased in 1963.
- Location
- Groton, New London County, Connecticut, on a peninsula between the Poquonnock River and Long Island Sound.
- Key features
- Last significant undeveloped stretch of Connecticut shoreline; coastal woodlands, beach and dune grasslands, coastal plain ponds, coastal bluff, tidal wetlands, intertidal mud flats, and offshore eelgrass beds.
- Activities
- Hiking, mountain biking, saltwater fishing, shellfishing, boating, birdwatching (200+ species recorded).
- Notable
- Designated a Coastal Reserve by special act of the legislature to preserve native ecological associations in undisturbed integrity—a unique state-park designation in Connecticut.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org · 2026-05-15