Groton
Groton is a town in New London County, Connecticut, located on the Thames River.
Groton is a town in New London County, Connecticut, located on the Thames River. It is the home of General Dynamics Electric Boat, which is the major contractor for submarine work for the United States Navy. The Naval Submarine Base New London is located in Groton, and the pharmaceutical company Pfizer is also a major employer. Avery Point in Groton is home to a regional campus of the University of Connecticut. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 38,411 at the 2020 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Groton
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Connecticut College
Connecticut College is a private liberal arts college in New London, Connecticut, United States. Originally chartered as Thames College but soon changed to Connecticut College for Women, it was founded in 1911 as the state's only women's college, a response to Wesleyan University having closed its doors to female students in 1909.
4 km · college in New London, Connecticut, US · Wikipedia - 02Gungywamp
Gungywamp is an archaeological site in Groton, Connecticut consisting of artifacts and the remains of colonial structures. The site includes the remains of houses and a storage structure, as well as a double circle of stones near its center.
4.9 km · archaeological site in CT · Wikipedia - 03Avery Point Light
Avery Point Light or Avery Point Lighthouse is located in Groton, Connecticut, on the Avery Point Campus of the University of Connecticut. The lighthouse was built in March 1943, but it was not illuminated until May 1944 due to concerns of possible enemy invasion during World War 2.
3.9 km · lighthouse in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 04New London Ledge Light
New London Ledge Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Thames River in the U.S. state of Connecticut, at the mouth of New London Harbor. It was built in 1909 in the Second Empire style and was automated in 1987.
4.7 km · lighthouse in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 05Harkness Memorial State Park
Harkness Memorial State Park is a historic preservation area located on Long Island Sound in Waterford, Connecticut. The state park's 304 acres center around Eolia, a 42-room Renaissance Revival mansion with formal gardens and greenhouses.
5.7 km · State historic park in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 06Groton Monument
The Groton Monument, sometimes called the Fort Griswold Monument, is a 135 feet granite obelisk in Groton, Connecticut dedicated to the defenders who fell during the Battle of Groton Heights on September 6, 1781. The monument bears a plaque describing the events of the Battle of Groton Heights, and another plaque with the names of the Americans who died in the battle.
800 m · Granite monument in Groton, Connecticut · Wikipedia - 07Submarine Force Library and Museum
The United States Navy Submarine Force Library and Museum is located on the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut. It is the only submarine museum managed exclusively by the Naval History & Heritage Command division of the Navy, and this makes it a repository for many special submarine items of national significance, including USS Nautilus.
4.7 km · military museum in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 08New London Harbor Light
New London Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Connecticut on the west side of the New London harbor entrance. It is the nation's fifth oldest light station and the seventh oldest U.S. lighthouse.
3.7 km · lighthouse in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 09Acors Barns House
The Acors Barns House is located at 68 Federal Street at the corner of Meridian Street in New London, Connecticut. Barns was a wealthy merchant in the whaling industry whose company became one of the largest whaling firms in the city.
2 km · house in New London, Connecticut · Wikipedia - 10Fort Griswold
Fort Griswold is a former American defensive fortification in Groton, Connecticut named after Deputy Governor Matthew Griswold. The fort played a key role in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, in correspondence with Fort Trumbull on the opposite side of the Thames River.
900 m · fort in Connecticut · Wikipedia
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Getting to Groton
- Airports
- Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 69 km · Bradley (BDL), 83 km · Boston Logan (BOS), 143 km
- Stations
- Groton-New London Airport, 3.4 km · New London Union Station, 1.5 km · Groton station, 1.4 km
- Providence/Warwick → Groton63 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · $6–8
- Hartford → Groton68 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · $6–9
- New York → Groton177 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · $16–23
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No local-transport research exists yet for Groton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Groton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inis located at 27 Water St, with easy connections to buses and ferries.
- Get inFrom Central Long Island Port Jefferson Ferry, Phone: +1 631-473-5138.
- Get inFrom Orient Point, Long Island, New York Cross Sound Ferry, Phone: +1 631-323-2525 or +1 860-443-5281.
- Get inRegional Airport - No scheduled service - Only receive charter and private airplanes
- Go nextTake the Cross Sound Ferry to Orient on Long Island's North Fork and then continue on to New York City.
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