Attractions in Groton, Connecticut

Amusements

Avery Point Playhouse 860-405-9059
1084 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340
UConn Avery Point Campus
Dedicated to developing and staging works of the brightest new playwrights in southeastern Connecticut. more info map

Avery-Copp House 860-445-1637
154 Thames Street, Groton, CT 06340
"The Hundred-Year House" is a Victorian home overlooking the Thames River on Groton Bank - a true time-capsule of turn-of-the-century American family life rather than... more info map
Ebenezer Avery House 860-446-9257
Fort Street
Center chimney, 18th century house built by naval ensign wounded in Battle of Groton Heights. Period kitchen, weaving room and original furnishings throughout. more info map
Jabez Smith House, The 860-445-6689
259 North Road, Route 117, Groton, CT 06340
Built on the site of one of Groton's earliest settlements, the house has remained virtually unchanged. more info map

Avery Point Lighthouse 860-445-5417
UConn Campus at Avery Point
Constructed in 1942 by the U.S. Coast Guard, it sits on property once owned by wealthy industrialist Morton Plant. It was the last lighthouse built in Connecticut. more info map

Alexey von Schlippe Gallery 860-405-9019
1084 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340
The Gallery provides four separate but contiguous exhibition spaces. One of these spaces is most often dedicated to the exhibition of works from what they regard as a... more info map
Historic Ship Nautilus & Submarine Force Museum 860-694-3558
1 Crystal Lake Road, Groton, CT 06340
This museum contains the world's first nuclear powered submarine. This is the United States Navy's official submarine museum. more info map

Downeast Lighthouse Cruises 860-460-1802
916R Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340
Pine Island Marina
See up close some of New England's most charming lighthouses on Long Island Sound. more info map
Project Oceanology 860-445-9007
1084 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340
A nationally recognized, hands-on 2.5 hour ocenographic program on Long Island Sound aboard a marine research vessel. Cruise Fishers Island Sound to study harbor seals... more info map