Connecticut State Parks · Connecticut
Kettletown State Park
Connecticut State Parks · Connecticut, United States
- Sites
- 47
- Hookups
- 1 electric, 1 with water, 46 no hookups
- Group sites
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Laundry
- No
- Pets
- No
- Elevation
- 341 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 4
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile weak · AT&T good · Verizon good (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Lake Zoar
- Nearest town
- Southbury
- Address
- 1400 Georges Hill Road
- Phone
- (203)264-5678
About
Kettletown State Park is a Connecticut State Park campground with 47 sites near Southbury. Open and wooded sites on Lake Zoar (a Housatonic River impoundment); youth group camping also available. The park sits near the Southbury/Oxford town line. Electric and water hookup sites available (confirmed via live per-site amenity data, not just the site-type name). Reservable through Connecticut State Parks' own ReserveAmerica contract (connecticutstateparks.reserveamerica.com), up to 11 months in advance. Connecticut's camping system is uniformly reservation-based - no first-come-first-served-only campground was found in this state's system.
Fees
$17/night for CT residents, $27/night for non-CT residents (portal.ct.gov DEEP fee schedule); $50/$60 rustic cabin rate also available (6 cabins). Plus a ReserveAmerica reservation processing fee. Pets are NOT allowed here - Connecticut DEEP's own policy: "Pets are prohibited in State Park camping areas, but permitted at State Forests." (ctparks.com/camping, confirmed live.)
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 24° | -2° | 52° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 38° | 25° | -10° | 64° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 48° | 34° | 14° | 70° | 8 of 11 |
| April | 59° | 42° | 29° | 85° | 4 of 11 |
| May | 69° | 52° | 36° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 74° | 59° | 51° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 83° | 68° | 61° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 81° | 68° | 59° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 75° | 61° | 51° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 63° | 48° | 37° | 80° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 48° | 35° | 23° | 68° | 6 of 10 |
| December | 38° | 30° | 14° | 59° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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