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Meriden

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Meriden

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.

  1. 01
    Besek Mountain

    Mountain in United States of America

    5.8 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Chauncey Peak

    Mountain in United States of America

    4.6 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Hanging Hills

    Mountain in United States of America

    2.7 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Lamentation Mountain

    Mountain in United States of America

    5.5 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Higby Mountain

    Mountain in United States of America

    5.7 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Cathole Mountain

    Mountain in United States of America

    4.2 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    West Peak

    Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

    4.1 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    South Mountain

    Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

    2.3 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    East Peak

    Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

    3.3 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Castle Craig

    Castle tower structure in Meriden, CT, USA

    3.1 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Meriden

Airports
Bradley (BDL), 46 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 117 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 123 km
Stations
Meriden Markham Municipal Airport, 3.8 km · Meriden Transit Center, 500 m
  • Hartford → Meriden
    27 km · quickest by road, 38 min · $2.5–3
  • New York → Meriden
    136 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · $13–17
  • Providence/Warwick → Meriden
    116 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · $12–17
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Meriden

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 Meriden. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inSikorsky Mem'l Airport () in Stratford is a private aircraft charter service based there.
  • Get inMeriden Airport in Meriden provides private air charter.
  • Get inThe Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry crosses Long Island Sound daily between Port Jefferson, Long Island and Bridgeport, CT.
  • Get inCross Sound Ferry connects New London, CT and Orient Point, NY (the easternmost tip of Long Island's North Fork.) It also carries cars and passengers.

From Wikivoyage: Connecticut, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-11.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    103 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    428 km
  3. 03
    Tortola and the British Virgin IslandsVG

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    2,685 km
  4. 04
    ViequesPR

    8 ways of moving, 12 sources

    2,695 km
  5. 05
    SabaNL

    8 ways of moving, 22 sources

    2,810 km

If you know how people move in Meriden – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Meriden

  • Yalesvillehuman settlement in Connecticut, United States of America5.1 km
  • Hubbard Parkwhich extends into adjacent town Southington, and is listed on the NRHP in Connecticut3.6 km