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Discover geology right here in Connecticut! This new guidebook lets you explore geologic features from the continental collisions that began shaping the state a billion years ago, to the sediments and lavas of the the central rift valley formed while Pangaea tore itself apart a few hundred million years ago, to remnants of the Ice Age that locked the state in ice tens of thousands of years ago, to features and minerals of our landscape today.

Written by Connecticut geologist Greg McHone. With field trips to sites in Salem, East Haddam, Deep River, East Hampton, Pomfret, Fairfield, Kent, Portland, Rocky Hill, Manchester, East Granby, Simsbury, Middlefield, Middletown, Meriden, Southbury, Madison, Essex, East Haddam, Ledyard, Bristol, Groton, East Hartford and New Haven.

Attractions and Upcoming Events


The Gibbs House

Sloane Room has TV, a/c, private bath, refrigerator, coffeemaker. Penthouse suite has dining and living room, kitchen, TV, private bath, a/

Kent, CT Bed and Breakfasts

Kent Falls State Park

Cascading waterfalls with stair pathway adjacent to the Falls, provides views of all levels; picnic area. Access to trail and viewing area closed until Spring 2006

Kent, CT State Parks

North American Outdoor Adventures

Whitewater rafting on the Housatonic River, Classes II through V;

Kent, CT Recreation

Sloane-Stanley Museum and Kent Furnace

Exhibits the early American tool collection and artwork of Eric Sloane including his re-created studio. Adjacent ruins of 19

Kent, CT Museums

Things to do near Kent, CT

Locust Tree B&B

Located in a picturesque area next Canaan Mountain. Seven rooms (some with private bath), TV, a/c....

Hemlock Hill Camp Resort

125+ sites....

White Flower Farm

Ten acres of display gardens, peak bloom June-Sept., nationally known English Tuberous Begonias; garden store....

Holley-Williams House Museum

19th-century family museum with original and period furnishings. Living history house tours, Holley pocket knife exhibit. Gro...