Date visited: 3/6/2022

It poured earlier in the day, and with temperatures near 60 and snow cover on the ground, trails were a muddy mess throughout the state! So we drove down to a beach we hadn't yet visited. East Haven Town Beach, also known as Cosey Beach, is a small beach located on Cosey Beach Avenue. We couldn't go on much of a walk here, but the foggy conditions made for some cool pictures.

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Date visited: 2/2/2025

For this trip, we walked the length of Cosey Beach Avenue. It's about a mile long, so we walked about two miles total. We started in the middle, near the Town Beach. Signs indicate that dogs aren't allowed on the Town Beach. On the west end of the avenue, is a very small shoreline access point near the mouth of Caroline Creek. There were not any "No Dogs" signs there, and in fact, there was poop bag dispenser near the access point. East of the Town Beach, is Momauguin Park and Monauguin Beach. We stopped at each place briefly to take a couple pictures. Access to the shoreline is pretty limited here. The weather forecast indicated it would be partly cloudy, but it was pretty much completely overcast for the entire trip. It wasn't really one of our better adventures.

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Date visited: 9/8/2020

This is a part of the Shoreline Greenway, but this section didn't get that close to the shore. We hiked a small loop trail while I was waiting for my wife who at a small shop in Branford.

Date visited: 6/18/2021

There are multiple varietiies of State Parks in Connecticut. We are most familiar with the big ones, the ones with the signs for them on highways and such. There are also some real rinky dink ones, that have no signage at all and you wouldn't know it's a State Park other than the fact the map says it's a State Park. Then you have the ones in between, like this one. There are no highway signs for it. There aren't even any road signs at the entrace. The park consists of a trail that goes down the hill to a dirt road leading to some marshy areas. Most of the trail is the "Shoreline Greenway" trail, like our visit above...except that I don't think this Shoreline Greenway connects with that Shoreline Greenway. I counted two picnic tables at this park, but that is probably more than adequate, considering we were the only ones at the park. I wouldn't go out of your way to visit this place, but it's a nice spot for a quick walk if you are in the area.