Clinton

Understand

The Town of Clinton has a central location on the Connecticut Shoreline. Clinton is equidistant from New York and Boston, making it a comfortable commuting distance of the metropolitan industrial centers of New Haven, Middletown and New London. Clinton is contained within 17.2 square miles with an estimated population of 13,000 (2020) and an estimated the population growth to 20,000 during the summer months.

Three rivers flow through Clinton into the Clinton Harbor and the Long Island Sound; the Hammonasset, Indian and Hammock Rivers. Clinton is located between the towns of Madison and Westbrook, Connecticut.

Clinton Harbor is naturally protected by the Long Island Sound. It lies 22 miles east of New Haven and 37 miles northwest of Point Montauk (Long Island). The easy-to-enter harbor is very popular with cruising boaters and contains many marinas, our Town Beach, Cedar Island and borders Hammonasset State Park.

The town center contains two historic districts, the Clinton Village Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Liberty Green Historic District (LGHD), which is a local historic district contained within the Clinton Village Historic District.

Get in

By plane

• Groton-New London Airport, 155 Tower Ave., Groton, +1 860 445-8549, . It takes about 30 minutes by car to get from the airport to Clinton
• T.F. Green Airport (PVD) in Warwick, offers many low cost and regular flights to cities in the United States. T.F. Green Airport is over a 1 hour drive using I-95 south through New London to Clinton.
• Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks. Bradley Airport is over a 1-hour drive using I-91 south through New Haven and I-95 east to Clinton.

By train

• Shore Line East Clinton Train Station, town center, 10 John Street Extension, +1-800-255-7433. The station is open 5:15AM-10PM.
• Amtrak, 455 Boston Post Road, to Old Saybrook +1-800-USA-RAIL. The station is open 5:15AM-10PM. Ticket sales end at 9:30PM.
• "Regional Line" Boston - Springfield/Providence - New York - Washington, DC - Newport

By bus

• Estuary Transit District, 455 Boston Post Rd., .

By car

• I-95 South: Exit 63 - turn right; south N. High Street to Route 1.
• I-95 South: Exit 64 - turn left onto Route 145, at first stop sign, turn right; south Route 145 to Route 1
• I-95 North: Exit 63 - turn left at end of ramp, at first light, turn right; south Route 81 to Route 1
• I-95 North: Exit 63 - turn right; south N. High Street to Route 1.
• Take Route 81 South to Route 1, Main Street. Turn left onto East Main Street (Route 1). Turn right onto West Main Street (Route 1).

Get around

By car: Although this town is small and homey there aren't many ways to get around without a car because the streets are busy and if you are inward in Clinton it could take awhile to walk to the beach.

Marinas

• Bayliner Boats, 131 Grove St
• Cedar Island Marina, Riverside Drive
• Clinton Yacht Haven, Riverside Drive
• Hammonassett Marina, 130 Commerce Street
• Indian River Marina, Commerce Street
• New Harbor Marina, Waterside Lane
• Port Clinton Marina, 33 Indian Drive