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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.

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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

North American Outdoor Adventures

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

Kent, CT Recreation

Connecticut Antique Machinery Association Museum

Dedicated to the industrial and agricultural heritage of the United States. Exhibits include gas and steam tractors; operating narrow gauge railroad. Connecticut Museum of Mining and Mineral Science is dedicated to the state'

Kent, CT Museums

Things to do near Kent, CT

Barbara Ardizones B&B

Home located in historic area of town with one acre of perennial gardens and fish pond. Three rooms, private bath, a/c, pets....

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 19t...

Aer Blarney Balloons LLC

Hot air balloon services including champagne charter flights over Litchfield countryside, spectacular fall foliage flights an...

Macedonia Brook

80 sites in rustic setting, stream fishing, excellent hiking, no swimming, no pets....