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Niantic area attractions

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Airports

Commercial

Bradley International Airport (BDL) (Windsor Locks - 1 hr)
Providence Airport (PVD) (Providence - 1 hr)

General Aviation

Block Island Airport (KBID) (Block Island, RI)
Elizabeth Field Airport (0B8) (Fishers Island, NY)
Groton-New London Airport (KGON) (Groton/New London, CT)

Arts

Eugene O'Neill Theater Center (Waterford - 10 min)
Goodspeed Opera House (East Haddam - 30 min)
Garde Arts Center (New London - 10 min)
Niantic Cinemas (Niantic - 5 min)
River Rep at Ivoryton (Ivoryton - 25 min)
Summer Music at Harkness (Waterford - 15 min)

Boating

Camelot Cruises (Haddam - 30 min)
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat (Essex - 15 min)
Mystic Whaler Cruises (Mystic - 20 min)
Project Oceanology (Groton - 15 min)
Sea Pony (New London - 10 min)
Voyager Cruises (Mystic - 20 min)

Casinos

Foxwoods Resort Casino (Ledyard - 30 min)
Mohegan Sun Casino (Uncasville - 15 min)

Colleges

United States Coast Guard Academy (New London - 10 min)
Connecticut College (New London - 10 min)
Mitchell College (New London - 10 min)

Day Trips

Block Island
Boston (2 hrs)
Cape Cod

New York City (2 hrs)
Newport, Rhode Island (1 hr 15 min)
Old Saybrook (10 min)

Providence, Rhode Island (1 hr)

Ferries

Block Island Ferry
Cross Sound Ferry (New London, CT to Orient Point, NY)
Fishers Island Ferry (New London, CT to Fishers Island, NY)
New London Ferry (New London, CT to...

... Fishers Island, NY
... Montauk, NY (1 hr 45 min)
... Orient Point, NY (1 hr 20 min)
... Block Island, RI (2 hrs 10 min)
... Martha's Vineyard (2 hrs)

Fishing

Black Hawk II (Niantic - 5 min)
Connecticut Woods & Water (Waterford - 5 min)
Mijoy (Waterford - 5 min)
Niantic Charters (Niantic - 5 min)
Sunbeam Fleet (Waterford - 5 min)

Golf

Birch Plain Golf Course & Driving Range (Groton - 15 min)
Black Hall Club (Old Lyme - 10 min)
Cedar Ridge Golf Course (East Lyme - 5 min)
Chanticlair Golf Club (Colchester)

Museums

Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut (Niantic - 5 min)
Discovery Center at Millstone ((Niantic - 5 min)

Florence Griswold Museum (Old Lyme - 10 min)
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center (Ledyard - 30 min)
Millstone Information and Science Center
Mystic Aquarium (Mystic - 20 min)
Mystic Seaport (Mystic - 20 min)
Smith-Harris House
Stonington Harbor Light (Stonington)
U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum (Groton - 15 min)

Parks

Connecticut State Parks and Forests

Devil's Hopyard State Park (East Haddam - 30 min)
Gillette Castle State Park (East Haddam - 30 min)

Rocky Neck State Park (East Lyme - 5 min)

Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center (Mystic - 20 min)

SCUBA diving

Aqua Sports (Groton - 15 min)
Atlantis Dive Charters (New London - 10 min)
Diver's Cove & SeaWolf II (Essex - 15 min)
New England Dive Center (Wallingford)

Shopping

Clinton Crossing Premium Outlets (Clinton - 30 min)
Crystal Mall (Waterford - - 5 min)
Olde Mistick Village (Mystic - 20 min)
Tanger Outlet Center (Westbrook - 15 min)
Westbrook Factory Stores (Westbrook)

Trains

Amtrak - New London (New London - 10 min)
Amtrak - Old Saybrook (Old Saybrook - 10 min)
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat (Essex - 15 min)

Wineries

Chamard Vineyards (Clinton - 30 min)
Jonathan Edwards Winery (North Stonington - 30 min)
Haight Vineyard (Mystic - 20 min)
Stonington Vineyards (Stonington - 30 min)

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Last updated: 23 October 2005