[5] Sunken Meadow State Park is open year-round from sunrise to sunset.

The park's features include three miles (4.8 km) of beaches on the Long Island Sound, a three-quarters-mile-long (1.2 km) boardwalk, six miles (9.7 km) of hiking trails, and facilities for biking, horseback riding, watersports, and general recreation.

The Sunken Meadow State Park Golf Course features 27 holes that may be played as either nine or 18 holes, in addition to a driving range and putting green.

A bar and snack food restaurant near the course is available and open to the public.

[1] The park's grounds are used as a venue for cross country running, and host competitions for cross country teams from local high schools and runners' clubs.