ATTRACTIONS

Amusements

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

Avery-Copp House
154 Thames Street • Groton, CT 06340
860-445-1637
"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 typical museum recreation. map
Ebenezer Avery House
Fort Street
860-446-9257
Center chimney, 18th century house built by naval ensign wounded in Battle of Groton Heights. Period kitchen, weaving room and original furnishings throughout. map
Jabez Smith House, The (circa 1783)
259 North Road, Route 117 • Groton, CT 06340
860-445-6689
Built on the site of one of Groton's earliest settlements, the house has remained virtually unchanged. map

Avery Point Lighthouse
UConn Campus at Avery Point
860-445-5417
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... map

Alexey von Schlippe Gallery
1084 Shennecossett Road • Groton, CT 06340
860-405-9019
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 unique treasure--a permanent collection of paintings by the late Alexey von Schlippe (1915-1988), an innovative and accomplished painter of international reputation, and former Professor of Art at the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus. more... map
Historic Ship Nautilus & Submarine Force Museum
1 Crystal Lake Road • Groton, CT 06340
860-694-3558, 800-343-0079
This museum contains the world's first nuclear powered submarine. This is the United States Navy's official submarine museum. more... map

Downeast Lighthouse Cruises
916R Shennecossett Road • Groton, CT 06340
Pine Island Marina
860-460-1802
See up close some of New England's most charming lighthouses on Long Island Sound. map
Project Oceanology
1084 Shennecossett Road • Groton, CT 06340
860-445-9007, 800-364-8472
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 during winter months, cruise the Thames River to study historic lighthouses or step aboard for a research cruise to study the ocean. more... map