Incorporated as long ago as 1768, East Windsor is a little town on the east bank of the Connecticut River, composed of five villages. There’s an intoxicating small-town charm to East Windsor, as well as some enlightening visitor attractions like a museum for electric railroading and a preserved academy building where some famous 19th-century Yale …
In rural East Connecticut, the town of East Hampton stands out for its many acres of public natural land. In East Hampton’s state forests and state parks you can watch the epic Connecticut River rolling by, cross a 19th-century covered bridge and walk the course of a lost railroad that once shuttled passengers between New …
The name of this town between Hartford and Springfield on the west bank of the Connecticut River comes from a canal that was constructed in the 1820s. The Enfield Falls Canal is mostly intact despite being obsolete for more than 150 years, and its towpath can be walked via the Windsor Locks Canal State Park. …
The small town of New Fairfield is on the west shore of Candlewood Lake, the largest inland body of water in Connecticut. While the lake is a famed second home for affluent New Yorkers, most of the plush houses by the shore in New Fairfield are lived in year round. This is all in contrast …
Often named among the most liveable small towns in Connecticut, East Lyme contains the sweet seaside village of Niantic in its south-east corner. Niantic has attracted holidaymakers for well over a century, and has sandy beaches tucked snugly into bays on East Lyme’s indented shoreline. At the Niantic Bay Boardwalk you can linger for an …
This agricultural town is found not far east of New Haven and just in from Long Island Sound, which puts lots of exciting places in reach. In summer rural New Haven County is ripe for an epicurean adventure, taking you to craft breweries, vineyards and family-run PYO orchards with creameries and massive farm stands. At …
Around Ledyard in New London County are the kind of attractions that draw people from near and far. Right in the town is the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation, commanded by the immense Foxwoods Resort Casino, with its monolithic hotel towers and endless gaming, dining, entertainment and shopping. In the opposite direction at Groton is the region’s …
The Rockwell-esque small town of Weston is right in the middle of Connecticut’s upmarket Fairfield County. What will strike you right away is the total absence of modern commercial development in a town that has fought hard down the years to preserve its homey character and abundant open space. The Devil’s Den Preserve covers most …
In Tolland County on the border with Massachusetts, Stafford is an ensemble of small villages with a downtown at Stafford Springs, where the Middle River and Furnace Brook meet to form the Willimantic. This place had long been frequented for its natural springs, and in 1771 a young John Adams spent some time here to …
This small residential town is not far west of New Haven, and is the site of the Yale West Campus where many of this famous university’s scientific institutes can be found. And even though Orange has a mostly suburban character there’s lots of 19th-century history around the Town Green, with a refined Federal-style church and …