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Experience the Connecticut River aboard RiverQuest. 90-minute daytime cruise Essex Harbor and the lower Connecticut River, eagle cruises, and educational expeditions available.

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Historic Villages of Essex

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

Essex, CT Historic Districts


Pratt House (c.1732)

Historic house built in sections throughout the 18

Essex, CT Historic Homes

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

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

Things to do near Essex, CT

Holcomb Farm Learning Centers

Built in the early 1700s where the Holcomb family produced cider, wood, milk and tobacco. Currently houses a learning center ...

Isham-Terry House

Built in 1854, the house epitomizes gracious urban living in antebellum Hartford. In 1896, Dr. Oliver Isham bought the house,...

Golf Quest Family Sports Center

Golf driving range, miniature golf, batting cages, bumper boats....

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Hartford

129 rooms (44 suites, four executive suites), TV, fitness room....

Emerald City Balloon Co.

Hot-air balloon flights and foliage trips. Reservations required....