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  • Milford Point Unit
    1 Milford Point Road Milford, CT 06460-5221

  • A barrier beach, Milford Point is considered one of the best bird watching areas in Connecticut. The adjacent mudflats, sand bars, and marshes provide waterfowl, shorebirds, and wading birds with a safe haven for feeding and resting during their long spring and fall migrations.  Over 50 species of shorebirds, wading birds, and waterfowl use this 23-acre refuge unit.  The barrier beach, which protects the salt marsh salt marsh
    Salt marshes are found in tidal areas near the coast, where freshwater mixes with saltwater.

    Learn more about salt marsh     from high tides and storms, provides essential nesting and feeding habitat for several protected species including piping plovers, least terns, and American oystercatchers. 

    An observation deck at the refuge entrance offers visitors a year-round overview of this unit. Visitors are encouraged to walk the water line around the unit, but they must stay off the dunes and out of designated bird nesting areas.

    Piping plovers in the wrack line at Milford Point
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    Driving Directions

    This unit is located a few miles off Interstate-95 in Milford, CT. Take exit 34 and turn left off the exit onto Route 1 North. Turn right onto Lansdale Ave. and then make another right onto Milford Point Road. This will lead to the Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center, where parking is available. Please drive slowly as speed limits are low in this residential area. The refuge may be accessed by walking a short distance along the Audubon Center's boardwalk, and then to the west along the shoreline. Please do not use the private road. 

    Milford Point Observation Platform and Waterline Paths
    Open daily, year-round
    1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset