| Twin Harbors State Park is a 172-acre camping park on the Pacific coast, four miles south of West haven. The area allows opportunities for nature study and seaside activity along the ocean shore, and the chance to lie in the sand and soak up the sun in one of the most beautiful places on Earth. The park offers one kitchen shelter with electricity and three unsheltered picnic tables. The kitchen shelter is equipped with a refrigerator, range, sink, outlets and a wood-burning fireplace.The park is on the Pacific Coast. Beach activities predominate, including kite flying, surf fishing, and beachcombing. Wildlife viewing and bird watching are outstanding activities that can be experienced at the park. Various wildlife include chipmunks, deer, elk, muskrats, raccoons, skunks, and squirrels. For the bird watching crowd they will find crows, ravens, gulls, hawks, hummingbirds, jays, woodpeckers, and wrens. The sea life is the most abundant and unique of the wildlife. It includes clams, crabs, mussels, octopuses, oysters, scallops, sea birds, sea cucumbers, seals, shellfish, shrimp, squid, starfish, whales, bass, cod, and perch. During the 1930s, the park was a military training ground. The last remaining barracks were removed in 1977. |
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