Lake Quonnipaug Beach

Daily entrance fee (reported by CT tourism listing as resident $7 / non-resident $10, children 5 and under free) plus seasonal beach passes; town's own facilities listing confirms seasonal beach passes are used but does not itself publish a price schedule.

Official Town of Guilford beach designed as a family swim spot: 314-foot designated swimming beach on a calm 41-acre freshwater lake (not a river, so no current), with a bath house and picnic shelter on site, and an admission fee schedule that waives children age 5 and under. No source confirmed lifeguard staffing or exact entry-slope/depth at the shoreline, so treat as a solid family beach but check with staff on-site about supervision if that matters for very young swimmers.

No significant hike is required. The swimming area is close to parking and access.

The beach is a fee-gated official town facility (daily admission collected on site), which implies an on-site parking area, but no source separately documented lot size, a parking-specific fee distinct from the beach admission charge, or whether parking is included in that admission.

The Town's own facilities listing confirms kayak and paddleboat rentals are offered at the beach. No source specified rules for visitor-owned watercraft (e.g., whether personal kayaks/canoes/paddleboards are permitted, or whether motorboats/jet skis are banned), so those restrictions are left null rather than assumed.

Lake Quonnipaug Beach is on Quonnipaug Lake, a natural lake verified in USGS hydrography data.