Groton Connecticut 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... more...  map

Historic Homes & Buildings

• 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... more...  map

• Ebenezer Avery House
  Fort Street
  860-446-9257
  Center chimney, 18th century house built by naval ensign wounded in Battle of Groton Heights. ... more...  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... more...  map

Historic Sites & Monuments

• 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... more...  map

Museums & Galleries

• 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... more...  map

• Historic Ship Nautilus & Submarine Force Museum
  1 Crystal Lake Road • Groton, CT 06340
  860-694-3558
  This museum contains the world's first nuclear powered submarine. This is the United States Navy's... more...  map

Tours & Cruises

• 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.  more...  map

• Project Oceanology
  1084 Shennecossett Road • Groton, CT 06340
  860-445-9007
  A nationally recognized, hands-on 2.5 hour ocenographic program on Long Island Sound aboard a... more...  map