Connecticut State Parks · Connecticut
Selden Neck State Park River Camping
Connecticut State Parks · Connecticut, United States · in Selden Neck State Park
- Sites
- 4
- Hookups
- 4 no hookups
- Season
- May 1 to September 29
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- No
- Dump station
- No
- Laundry
- No
- Pets
- No
- Elevation
- 79 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 4
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile good · AT&T good · Verizon good (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Nearest town
- Lyme
- Address
- c/o Gillette Castle State Park, 67 River Road
- Phone
- (860)526-2336
About
Selden Neck State Park River Camping is a Connecticut State Park (Connecticut River island, boat-in) campground with 4 sites near Lyme. Four boat-in primitive tent sites on Selden Neck, an island in the Connecticut River accessible only by canoe/kayak/boat; outhouses, picnic tables, and fire rings with cooking grates. No electric or water hookups at individual sites. 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
$5 per person per night (Connecticut River primitive boat-in camping; DEEP's own explicit, separately published fee for this specific park). Pets are NOT allowed here - this is both State Park land and backpack/boat-in primitive camping, and Connecticut DEEP's policy excludes pets from both categories explicitly ("prohibited in State Park camping areas"; "not allowed at backpack camping sites"). (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 | 38° | 25° | -1° | 51° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 38° | 26° | -12° | 64° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 48° | 35° | 15° | 66° | 8 of 11 |
| April | 58° | 42° | 30° | 83° | 3 of 11 |
| May | 66° | 52° | 38° | 86° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 74° | 60° | 53° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 81° | 69° | 61° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 81° | 68° | 60° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 76° | 61° | 52° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 63° | 50° | 38° | 79° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 49° | 36° | 23° | 69° | 5 of 10 |
| December | 40° | 31° | 13° | 60° | 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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