State parks reach capacity in Middletown, Hamden

HAMDEN — Multiple state parks were closed to new visitors after reaching capacity Monday, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Wadsworth Falls State Park in Middletown was closed at 1:45 p.m., while Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden was closed earlier in the day at 11:19 a.m.

Kent Falls State Park in Kent closed at 1:56 p.m and Millers Pond State Park in Haddam closed at 2:09 p.m.

Tours of the castle at Gillete Castle State Park in East Haddam were also sold out for the day, officials said, but the park remains open.

State park closures are announced on the @CTStateParks Twitter account.

Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media file photo Hikers cross a section of Sleeping Giant State Park decimated by a 2018 tornado in the recently reopened park in Hamden in June 2019.

Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media file photo The popular Tower Trail at the recently reopened Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden in 2019.

Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media Wadsworth Falls.