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Site Description: Stewart B. McKinney Activities National Wildlife Refuge-Milford Point Unit is Bird & Wildlife YES Supervised Swimming NO adjacent to Charles Wheeler Wildlife Crabbing NO Unsupervised Swimming NO Management Area. This site offers views of the Fishing YES SCUBA Diving NO Long Island Sound and a chance to view wildlife from an observation platform. Park at Shellfishing NO Historic/Cultural Interest NO Audubon Coastal Center lot and Trails NO Waterfowl Hunting NO walk to the beach to site's observation Walkways NO platform (the upland portion of the refuge is Facilities closed to public access). Beach area is open Access Pier NO Handicapped Access NO from September 1 to March 31. No public access to beach at other times. Boat Launch Ramp NO Nature Center/Museum NO Car-top Boat Access NO Picnic Area NO

Camping NO RV Camping NO

Food Concession NO Sanitary Facilities (Seasonal) NO

Environmental Setting

Bluff, Escarpment NO On Long Island Sound YES

Harbor Setting NO Rocky Shore NO

Intertidal Flat NO Sandy Beach YES

Island NO Tidal River YES

Tidal Wetland YES Lighthouse NO

Parking: None Fee: NO

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 79 ELM STREET EXPLORE CONNECTICUT'S SHORE HARTFORD, CT 06106-5127 Connecticut Coastal Access Guide Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge-Milford Point Unit Milford Milford Point Road Milford, CT 6460 ^_ Myrtle Beach SV130 Rivercliff 1 ¤£ Walnut Beach Housatonic River Wildermere §95 Milford Beach ¨¦ Academy Hill Exit 32

Nells Island Exit 31

Laurel Beach

Cedar Beach

Crimbo Point Milford Point Long Island 113 Sniffens SV Sound Point

Stratford

Short Beach

Stratford Lewis Gut Point Legend Lordship Selected Coastal Access Site 0 0.5 1 Miles Stratford Other Coastal Access Site Lordship

Latitude: 41.173679 Longitude: -73.104707

Directions: From the East: Take I-95 South to exit 34 to Milford. Turn left onto Bridgeport Avenue. Turn right onto Lansdale Avenue. Turn right onto Milford Point Road.

From the West: Take I-95 North to exit 33 which is Ferry Boulevard. Turn slight right onto Washington Bridge. Turn right onto Naugatuck Avenue. Turn left onto Milford Point Road. Additional Site Information: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 733 Old Clinton Road Westbrook, CT 06498-1760

General Questions or Comments: Land and Water Resources Division Phone: (860) 424-3034 Email: [email protected] www.ct.gov/deep

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 79 ELM STREET EXPLORE CONNECTICUT'S SHORE HARTFORD, CT 06106-5127 Updated: August 2019