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Quassy Amusement & Waterpark
Quassy Amusement & Waterpark in Middlebury, CT, has more than 20 rides, including the award-winning Wooden Warrior roller coaster. The waterpark features 16 slides, interactive play area with huge tipping bucket and a splash pad. New for 2022
Middlebury, CT Amusement ParksDinosaur State Park
Jurassic-period dinosaur tracks (200 million years old) ; a diorama depicting the setting in which the park?s tracks were made, diorama of the Connecticut Valley in the late Triassic. Visitors may make plaster casts of tracks (casting materials not supplied at the Park, please call for instructions)
Rocky Hill, CT State ParksCenter for the Arts
Davison Art Center features prints and photographs in the historic Alsop House (1838). Center includes the Zilkha Gallery?
Middletown, CT ArtsResidence Inn by Marriott
112 suites (with kitchen, some with fireplace), TV, O pool, Jacuzzi;
New Haven, CT LodgingWPA Murals
One of the largest collections in the country of murals commissioned and federally funded by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Large canvases depict local scenes in the 1930s and ?40
Norwalk, CT ArtsEssex 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 ExcursionsBicycling Through Historic Bloomfield
Eight mile and easy-level self-guided bicycle ride. The ride takes you by an historic church and cemeteries, past Oliver Ellsworth?s house and William Gillette?s parents? homestead, site of a sawmill, and other historical places. Booklets available at the Town Hall and 20
Bloomfield, CT Recreation