Connecticut Water Trails Program

Connecticut Boat Launches

Middlesex County 

East Haddam

Salmon River Boat Launch (Connecticut River)

Site Location:  Off of East Haddam Moodus, Haddam, Connecticut

Coordinates:

Longitude 72.28472 ºW   Latitude 41.28206  º N

Type: Trailered

Season: Year round

Driving Directions: 

From Route 9: Take Exit 7 and head east on Route 82 for 3.5 miles and then turn left heading north on Route 149. Drive 1 mile to the marked access on the left - you'll pass the Goodspeed Opera House along the way.

From Route 2: Take Exit 18 and head west on Route 16 for 4.3 miles and then turn left heading south on Route 149. Drive for 7.2 miles to the marked access on the right.

From Route 2: Take Exit 16 and head south on Route 149 for 10.5 miles to the marked access on the right.

Directions Map: Google Map

Regulations:

(A) A 25 MPH nighttime speed limit from 1/2 hour after sunset until 1/2 hour before sunrise on all days of the year.

(B) A 30 MPH limit from 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset on Saturdays and Sundays from the Saturday preceding Memorial Day to the Sunday preceding Labor Day inclusive and on Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day.

(C) A 45 MPH limit, from 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset, Monday through Friday, inclusive, during all seasons, and on Saturdays and Sundays from the Saturday following Labor Day to the Friday preceding Memorial Day.

No person shall operate a motorboat in excess of Slow-No-Wake:

(A) From the Bulkeley Bridge in Hartford to Saybrook outer light in Old Saybrook; when passing marinas, yacht clubs, anchorages and docks, boat launches and congested areas.

(B) Within the following specific areas:

(1) The area between the Saybrook breakwaters bounded northerly by the Saybrook inner light and bounded southerly by the Saybrook outer light in Old Saybrook:

(2) The area bounded northerly by navigation aid Connecticut River light #15 and bounded southerly by the southern most point of Saybrook Point in Old Saybrook;

(3) The area bounded northerly by navigation aid Connecticut River RED NUN #20 and bounded southerly by the railroad bascule bridge in Old Saybrook;

(4) The area bounded northerly by a point 800 feet upstream from the East Haddam Bridge and bounded southerly by a point 1,500 feet downstream from the East Haddam Bridge;

(5) The area bounded northerly by a point five hundred feet downstream from the highway bridge in Middletown and bounded southerly by navigation aid Connecticut River light #87;

(6) The area bounded northerly by the navigation aid Connecticut River light #113 and bounded southerly by the water tower on property now or formerly known as the Connecticut Foundry in Rocky Hill.

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