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Essex, Connecticut

  • Griswold Inn

    1776 inn with an outstanding art collection, riverboat decor, furnished with antiques. 31 rooms with private bath (14 suites, eight with fireplace), rest., lounge, ent....
    Griswold Inn

Attractions and Upcoming Events

RiverQuest

Experience the Connecticut River aboard RiverQuest. 90

Essex, CT Cruises

Historic Villages of Essex

The historic villages of Essex (Centerbrook, Essex & Ivroyton)

Essex, CT Historic Districts


Essex Steam Train & Riverboat Ride

Ride in 1920's coaches pulled by an authentic steam locomotive. Then, board the river boat Becky Thatcher and cruise along the Connecticut River. Gift shop, snack shop, special events. Dinner train (May-Oct.)

Essex, CT Excursions

Connecticut River Museum

Housed in an 1878 Steamboat Dock warehouse located on the waterfront, the museum tells the Connecticut River Valley story in four galleries, with a working reproduction of the American Turtle, America?

Essex, CT Museums

Things to do near Essex, CT

Comfort Inn

77 units, TV, coffeemaker, microwave, pets; I pool, fitness room, Jacuzzi, sauna, health club privileges....

Marlborough Barn

Shopping village in an old barn and reproduction New England style homes....

Dinosaur State Park

Jurassic-period dinosaur tracks (200 million years old) ; a diorama depicting the setting in which the park?s tracks were mad...

Wadsworth Mansion

Once a private residence of Col. Clarence Wadsworth, landscape designed by the Olmsted brothers. A 19th-century Beaux Art sty...

Nathan Hale Schoolhouse

One-room school where patriot spy and Connecticut'state hero Nathan Hale taught (1773-1774)....