Bluff Point State Park is a public recreation area and nature preserve on an undeveloped peninsula located between the Poquonnock River and Mumford Cove on Long Island Sound in the town of Groton, Connecticut.

Pequot people also made wampum (beads) from quahog and shelk shells, which were valuable for trading with other tribes in the region.

In 1889, successor New York, Providence and Boston Railroad opened the a bridge over the Thames River to the west.

[9][10] The branch line was relocated off Bluff Point in 1942 due to expansion of Trumbull Airport, while the mainline is now the Northeast Corridor.

The state acquired the western one-third of Bluff Point from Henry A. Gardiner III in 1963.

The Bluff Point Advisory Council, a committee formed of local citizen groups and government representatives, successfully petitioned the state to acquire the land and protect it.

[3] Diverse flora can be found at Bluff Point, owing to an intermingling of habitat areas including salt marshes, coastal woodlands, dunes and intertidal grass beds.

In contrast, terrestrial animals residing in the park are of fairly common species, including deer, coyotes, foxes and smaller mammals such as rabbits, raccoons and opossums.

Offshore wildlife includes horseshoe crabs, clams, mussels, snails and a multitude of crustaceans.

[14] Fish caught at Bluff Point include striped bass, sea trout, bluefish, and summer flounder.