Overview
Windsor Locks is a city in Connecticut.
1 sights · 2 places to stay
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Best things about Windsor Locks
New England Air Museum
This museum exhibits, preserves and restores significant aircraft types of the 20th century. Among their over 40 aircraft on exhibit are a B-29 bomber, an F-4 fighter, and a DC-3 airliner. They meticulously restore aircr…
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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.
- BDL Bradley International Airport, Hartford — 2 mi away (major hub). Directions
- ORH Worcester Regional Airport, Worcester — 46 mi away. Directions
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Get in
By plane
Go Bradley International Airport (BDL)
The major airport serving the Hartford–Springfield area.
By train
- Routes stopping at Windsor Locks:
- Amtrak Hartford Line operating 3-5 trips per direction daily between Springfield and New Haven with stops in Windsor Locks, Windsor, Hartford, Berlin, Meriden, and Wallingford.
- Northeast Regional operating twice daily between Springfield and Washington, D.C. with stops in Windsor Locks, Windsor, Hartford, Berlin, Meriden, Wallingford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Stamford, New Rochelle, New York City, Newark, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, and New Carrollton.
- Vermonter operates daily between St. Albans and Washington, D.C. including stops in Essex Junction, Waterbury, Montpelier, White River Junction, Claremont, Bellows Falls, Brattleboro, Greenfield, Northampton, Holyoke, Springfield, Windsor Locks, Hartford, Meriden, New Haven, Bridgeport, Stamford, New York City, Newark, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, and New Carrollton.
- Valley Flyer operates twice daily between Greenfield and New Haven including stops in Northampton, Holyoke, Springfield, Windsor Locks, Windsor, Hartford, Berlin, Meriden, and Wallingford.
See
See New England Air Museum (NEAM)
This museum exhibits, preserves and restores significant aircraft types of the 20th century. Among their over 40 aircraft on exhibit are a B-29 bomber, an F-4 fighter, and a DC-3 airliner. They meticulously restore aircraft to beautiful and historically accurate condition. It was founded over 60 years ago.
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