Boston Kayaker

Kayaking on Selden Creek - in Old Lyme CT Unrated - The Boston Kayaker does not have enough information or time to make a rating.   Put in at ferry parking lot on   Ferry Road in Old Lyme CT. Enter Selden Cove   and Selden Creek. Take out at Cove Road   in Old Lyme CT. Estimated distance   = 7 miles Gillette Castle   State Park   Alternate put in Brockway Landing for   a round trip on Selden Creek. Selden Neck State   Park campgrounds Chester-Handlyme   Ferry Hamburg Cove   Marina   Disclaimer: It is your responsibility to determine the legality, suitability and safety of this route for yourself.

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Other resources: Gillette Castle State Park (will open in new window) Selden Neck State Park (will open in new window) CT Govt: Brockway Landing CT Govt: River Camping on Selden Neck State Park Map CT Govt: River Camping on Selden Neck State Park Map (cached copy) CT Coastal Kayaking Selden Island Tour Map CT Coastal Kayaking Selden Island Tour Map (cached copy) Mystic Sea Coast Kayaking article Mystic Sea Coast Kayaking article (cached copy) Paddling.net: Selden Creek Trip Report 1 Paddling.net: Selden Creek Trip Report 2 REI Guidepost: Selden Neck State Park Number of original photos on this page : 18 All photos in this website are original and copyrighted. At the Chester-Handlyme Ferry, September 2011. We were hoping there will be a break in the rains that has been going on for 2 days now and we can kayak. Sign reads: STATE HISTORIC LANDMARK For over two hundred years the Chester-Handlyme Ferry has provided public transportation at this site. The first crossing was initiated by Jonathan Warner of Chester in 1769. Known as Warner's Ferry, it was privately operated until 1877 when it became a town facility. This is the second oldest ferry in continuous use in Connecticut and has been owned and operated by the State Department of Transportation since 1917. The ferry. The Connecticut River looking north from the ferry parking lot and launch. We went to see the Gillette Castle State Park instead of kayaking as the rain continues non-stop. The castle is covered by scaffoldings. The guy William Gillette earned his castle playing Sherlock Holmes more than 13,000 times. Connecticut River from the Gillette Castle lookout. The state park has nice landscaped surroundings fit for a castle. Inside Gillette Castle. Whalebone Creek viewed form the road. Now at the Hamburg Cove Marina. Finally found this teeny-tiny public kayak launch a bit south of the marina. These kayaks never made it on the water today. :(