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Groton Bank Walking Tour

Sunday, October 26, 11 AM – 12:30 PM

Description: Meet the Whaling Captains, Shipbuilders and People of Influence who made their homes on the Groton Bank of the Thames River. Tour the community where they lived and prospered; hear the stories of the achievements that made them legends in their times.

Hosted by: Thames River Heritage Park Foundation

Tickets: $20 | Purchase in Advance

Notes: This tour will begin and end at Fort Griswold. The streets of Groton Bank are steep and require some challenging climbs.  Estimated time is 1 ½ hrs.

Parking: Available on both Monument Street and Park Avenue at Fort Griswold.

Ghosts of Groton Bank

Saturday, October 25, 6:00 PM and 6:30 PM

Description: Join us for a haunted walking tour.  The tour begins inside the Avery-Copp House Museum.  Hear stories in our kitchen about Halloween traditions brought to Groton by Irish immigrants, then visit the parlor to attend a Victorian funeral. Our guide will take you for a stroll on Thames Street, telling haunter tales that blend history and folklore.

Hosted by: Avery-Copp House Museum

Tickets: $15: Museum Members | $20 General Public | Purchase in Advance

Reserve your spot with Avery-Copp House Museum directly: 860-445-1637 or [email protected].

Notes: Street component is approximately ½ mile on city sidewalks. There are stairs to enter the museum. The museum is located at 154 Thames Street.

Parking: is across the street at Puffins Restaurant 169 Thames St, Groton, CT 06340

Mamacoke Island Hike

Sunday, October 19, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Description: Explore the cultural and natural history of Mamacoke Island and the surrounding landscape. The rocky, wooded, 40-acre island is actually a peninsula that juts out into the Thames River. It is connected to the mainland by a 4-acre tidal salt marsh. The shoreline area is known to have been a settlement site by Indigenous people going back 5,000 years and the salt marsh was farmed during the first years of colonial times in New London. Now a natural area within the Connecticut College Arboretum, the tidal and upland areas are designated as an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society.

Hosted by: Connecticut Sea Grant and led by Maggie Redfern, Director of the Connecticut College Arboretum

Tickets: $20 | Purchase in Advance

Notes: This will be a rugged 2-mile walk along a trail on uneven terrain; participants should dress in long pants and wear appropriate shoes. No facilities at site.

Meet and park at the east end of Benham Avenue, Waterford/ Quaker Hill, just before the railroad tracks.

Parking: Approximate address of parking area: 56 Benham Ave, Quaker Hill, CT 06375-1702

Sponsored by funding from CT Sea Grant.

Hempstead Historic District Walking Tour – Cancelled

Due to the impending, inclement weather, this walking tour has been cancelled. Please reach out to Connecticut Landmarks with any questions!

Sunday, October 12, 1:00 PM

Description: Join us for a walking tour of the Hempsted Historic District, one of New London’s first African-American neighborhoods.  Hear the stories of the people who lived in this neighborhood and explore how this diverse area evolved.  The neighborhood grew up around the Joshua Hempsted House, built in 1678.  Residents have included slaveholders, civic leaders, abolitionists, a Revolutionary War Hero and at least two enslaved people.

Hosted by: Connecticut Landmarks

Tickets: $10 | Purchase in Advance through Connecticut Landmarks

Notes:  Parking at the Hempsted Houses, 11 Hempsted Street, New London. Tour is 90 minutes.

The Gilded Age Residents of Cedar Grove Cemetery

Saturday, October 4, 11:00 AM – SOLD OUT

Description: The Gilded Age of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was a time of both great wealth and great poverty and people from all along this socio-economic spectrum called New London home during that time. Join us for this tour that features stories of some of New London’s most powerful, politically connected and wealthiest residents, who are now permanent residents of Cedar Grove Cemetery. We’ll also talk about Victorian death, burial and funerary customs and some of the not-so-elite and newer immigrants who kept industry humming in this time period and now are buried at Cedar Grove.

Hosted by: Friends of Cedar Grove Cemetery and New London Landmarks

Tickets: Members: $20 | General Public: $25 | Purchase in Advance through New London Landmarks

Notes: The tour is about an hour in duration. Walking is easy as we’ll stay primarily on the flat, paved cemetery roads. Starting point is near the Plant family monument that is close to the maintenance building. Tour participants will have an opportunity to peek inside one of Cedar Grove’s Gilded Age family mausoleums/chapels.

Parking: is along the paved cemetery roads or near the stone maintenance building at about the mid-point of the cemetery (enter the Broad Street gates, drive straight back and once past the office building, take the second left toward the stone building).

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