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Free admission to local parks this Saturday
Updated: Friday, 08 Jun 2012, 1:07 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 07 Jun 2012, 2:29 PM EDT
(WTNH) -- Free admission to 12 state parks and historic sites announced for this Saturday.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) today announced that admission to twelve state park museums and historic sites will be free on Saturday, June 9, 2012 as part of the 8th Annual Connecticut Open House Day.
This comes just in time for the nice, summer-like weather that is expected for the weekend.
"Free admission to state park museums and historic sites will enable everyone to enjoy Connecticut's state parks this upcoming Saturday," said CT DEEP Commissioner Daniel C. Esty, "visiting these special places will form memories your families and friends will never forget."
Residents and visitors alike are invited to visit state park museums and historic sites free of charge this Saturday at:
- Beckley Furnace State Park, North Canaan 10 AM - 2 PM
- Civilian Conservation Corps Museum at Shenipsit State Forest, Stafford, 9 AM - 5 PM
- Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill, 9 AM - 4:30 PM
- Fort Griswold State Park, Groton, 9 AM - 5 PM
- Fort Trumbull State Park, New London. 9 AM - 5 PM
- Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam, 10 AM - 4:30 PM
- Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford, 10 AM - 2 PM
- Heublein Tower at Talcott Mountain State Park, Simsbury, 10 AM - 5 PM
- Osborne Homestead Museum, Derby, 10 AM - 4 PM
- Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding, 10 AM - 5 PM
- Stone Museum at Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted, 10 AM - 4:30 PM
- Topsmead State Forest, Litchfield, 12 PM - 5 PM
To learn more about Connecticut's State Parks and Forests, visit: www.NoChildLeftInside.org
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