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Spotlight Tours
One-time, limited-availability events
Books of the Thames
Date: Sunday, July 26, 2026
Departure: Fort Trumbull State Park, New London, CT
This boat tour highlights local history, literature, and sites that inspired famous books.
From Eastern Point to Bluff Point
Date: Sunday, August 9, 2026
Departure: 11:45AM,Thames River Landing, Groton, CT
Join Groton Town Historian Jim Streeter for a guided tour of Groton’s southern shores, exploring the people, communities, and sites from Eastern Point to Bluff Point.
Haunted Harbor
Date: Saturday, August 15, 2026
Departure: 1:15PM, Thames River Landing, Groton, CT
Join two authors of Ghosts of Groton Bank for a spooky tour of Thames River hauntings, from Mother Bailey to the restless spirits of Fort Griswold.
Whaling, Sailing and Building Along Groton’s Banks of the Thames
Date:Sunday, August 30, 2026
Departure: 11:45AM, Thames River Landing, Groton, CT
Explore Groton’s history through stories of its founders, patriots, sailors, shipbuilders, entrepreneurs, and civic leaders.
Discover Connecticut’s Hidden Underwater Meadows
Date: Saturday, August 1, 2026
Departure: 1:15PM, Fort Trumbull State Park, New London, CT
Cruise east from the Thames River to explore Long Island Sound’s vital eelgrass meadows including their ecology, threats, and stewardship.
Defending the Harbor – 1776
Sunday, September 6, 2026
Departure:11:45am, Thames River Landing, Groton, CT
Come see the harbor as they did and learn about the forts of the harbor and the parts they played in the 1781 Raid on New London.
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Black Heritage Along the Thames: The Half That’s Never Been Told
Date: June-September
Departure: Fort Trumbull State Park, New London, CT
This tour, led by historians Nicole Thomas and Tom Schuch, highlights 400 years of New London’s history through the overlooked contributions of its Black community. Hear stories of struggle, resilience, abolition, education, and civic life.
The Gilded Age on the Thames
Date: June-September
Departure: Fort Trumbull State Park, New London, CT
See summer cottages, grand estates, and Gilded Age vacationers like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Frederick Law Olmsted, while hearing stories of Thames River luxury.
Discover the Thames
Date: June-September
Departure: Fort Trumbull State Park, New London, CT
Cruise both sides of the Thames to Long Island Sound and the Coast Guard Academy, learning about the people, places, and stories that shaped the region and nearby heritage sites.
Road to Revolution
Date: June-September
Departure: Thames River Landing, Groton, CT
In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration, this tour explores colonial life and trade on the Thames, culminating with Benedict Arnold’s 1781 raid at New London and Groton Heights.
Mohegan Life on the Massapequatuck: Origins of the Mohegans
Date: June-September
Departure: Nautilus Dock, Groton, CT
Cruise north on the Thames River and hear a Mohegan tribal member narrate the shoreline, passing the Submarine Base and up river into the tribe’s estuary.
In Our Nation’s Defense. Military Stories on the Thames
Dates: June- September
Departure: Nautilus Dock, Groton, CT
From the Revolution through modern submarine warfare, this tour traces the Thames River’s key role in U.S. military history