Old Mill Beach
Old Mill Road off Hillspoint Road,
Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
1.8 acres
Westport Parking Emblem required Memorial Day to Labor Day
Located west of Sherwood Island.
Directions:
Take I-95 North to Exit 18; turn left onto the Sherwood Island Connector; cross over US 95 and make a left turn onto Greens Farms Road; turn left onto Hillspoint Road; pass over US 95; turn left onto Old Mill Road. Park in the parking area by the beach.
Facilities:
sandy beach (no lifeguard)
Trails:
11/05/2005. On a warm, beautiful day (very much above the usual seasonal temperature, Rosemary Cooney, Sarah-David Rosenbaum, dog Sonar and I toured this small beach. This is a small, sandy beach with little vegetation. Private houses are literally right on the beach front. There are also a couple of benches along the beach. Dr. Patrick L. Cooney.
PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick Cooney, Sarah-David Rosenbaum, Rosemary Cooney
* = plant blooming on date of field trip, 11/05/2005
Trees:
Acer platanoides (Norway maple)
Ailanthus altissima (tree-of-heaven)
Shrubs:
Rosa rugosa (wrinkled rose)
Vines:
Hedera helix (English ivy)
Herbs:
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Atriplex patula (orach)
Cichorium intybus (chicory) *
Lepidium virginicum (poor man's pepper)
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) *
Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed)
Solidago sempervirens (seaside goldenrod) *
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein)
Grasses:
Ammophila breviligulata (American beach grass
Digitaria sp. (crab grass
Setaria glauca (yellow foxtail grass)
Spartina alterniflora (salt marsh cord grass)
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