Overview
Mystic-Eastern is in Connecticut.
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Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: May–Oct. Summer highs reach about 85°F; winter lows dip to about 19°F. Cold months (Jan, Feb) can bring snow and ice; check road conditions. Wettest: Oct and Sep. (climate data from nearby Hartford)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- WST Westerly State Airport, Westerly — 26 mi away. Directions
- BDL Bradley International Airport, Hartford — 36 mi away (major hub). Directions
Sample 3-day trip
- Day 1: Mystic — Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration, Mystic Seaport - The Museum of America and the Sea, Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center.
- Day 2: Woodstock — East Woodstock Cemetery, North Woodstock Cemetery, Bradford Marcy Cemetery.
- Day 3: Preston — Amos Lake, Hallville Mill Historic District, Long Society Meetinghouse.
Built from the best-covered destinations in this region; open each for its own day plan.
Places in Mystic-Eastern
Mystic
City / town · 57 listings
Woodstock
City / town · 28 listings
Preston
City / town · 27 listings
New London
City / town · 22 listings
Old Lyme
City / town · 21 listings
Stonington
City / town · 16 listings
Storrs
City / town · 14 listings
Ledyard
City / town · 12 listings
Willimantic
City / town · 11 listings
North Stonington
City / town · 10 listings
Griswold
City / town · 10 listings
Waterford
City / town · 8 listings
Groton
City / town · 7 listings
East Lyme
City / town · 6 listings
Montville
City / town · 6 listings
Putnam
City / town · 5 listings
Norwich
City / town · 4 listings
Union
City / town
Other destinations
- Rocky Neck State Park
Cities and towns
- Brooklyn
- East Lyme
- Griswold — a small, historic town with multiple places on the National Register of Historic Places
- Groton
- Killingly
- Ledyard - the site of Foxwoods Casino and the Pequot Museum
- Montville - including the villages of Chesterfield, Mohegan, Oakdale and Uncasville
- Mystic - a village lying in Groton and Stonington
- New London - home of the United States Coast Guard Academy
- North Stonington
- Norwich
- Old Lyme
- Plainfield
- Pomfret
- Preston
- Putnam
- Stonington
- Storrs - home to the University of Connecticut
- Thompson
- Union
- Waterford
- Willimantic
- Woodstock
Nearby
Tolland
City / town · 2 listings · 21 mi away
Hopkinton
City / town · 14 listings · 22 mi away
East Haddam
City / town · 16 listings · 22 mi away
Vernon
City / town · 1 listings · 22 mi away
Arcadia Wildlife Management Park
Park · 23 mi away
Ashaway
City / town · 2 listings · 23 mi away
Manchester
City / town · 22 listings · 23 mi away
Wyoming
City / town · 15 listings · 23 mi away
My experience
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