Nickname: Constitution State

Country : United States of America (USA)
State : Connecticut (CT)
Capital : Hartford
Largest city : Bridgeport
State bird: American Robin
State flower: Mountain Laurel
Capital: Hartford
Date of admission to the Union: 9 Jan 1788 (original 13 States; date of ratification of the Constitution)
Population: 3,483,372
Population density: 238.6 per sq km
2002 total overseas arrivals/US ranking: 268,000/21
Time: Eastern (GMT - 5). Daylight Saving Time is observed.
QuickFacts : Connecticut QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

 

Connecticut Weather

Weather Underground - Connecticut Conditions
Connecticut Climatologies Access Page
More weather links: USA Weather

 

Connecticut public transportation and driving information

Connecticut Department of Transportation
American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
Connecticut Local and State Transportation Web Sites

 

Statewide and regional information

ConneCT - State of Connecticut Home Page
Connecticut Tourism Home Page
The Connecticut Travel & Lodging Guide Page

 

Regional information

Northwest
Litchfield Hills Travel Council
Housatonic Valley Tourism District

Southwest
Coastal Fairfield County
Greater New Haven Convention and Visitors Bureau

Northeast
Greater Hartford Tourism District
Connecticut's North Central Tourism Bureau
Northeast Connecticut's Quiet Corner

Southeast
Mystic&More!
Mystic Coast and Country
Connecticut River Valley & Shoreline Visitors Council

 

Cities, towns and places in Connecticut

Bristol
Lake Compounce Theme Park, Bristol Connecticut

Clinton
Clinton, Connecticut

Essex
Essex, Connecticut, The Best Small Town in America

Fairfield
Fairfield Connecticut Chamber of Commerce

Kent
Kent, Connecticut Home Page

Madison
Madison, Connecticut - The Magic of Madison

Norwalk
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk

Norwich
Welcome to Norwich, Connecticut

Old Lyme
Old Lyme Connecticut - oldlymect.com

Old Saybrook
Home Page

Vernon
Welcome to Vernon Connecticut

Connecticut

The State: Connecticut is a mixture of town and country; beyond the towns and major cities inhabited by New York commuters are quiet colonial villages set in a rural landscape. The third-smallest State in the USA, Connecticut has a rich literary history. Hartford was the home of Mark Twain, and tourists can visit The Mark Twain House, at Nook Farm, where he wrote his greatest work, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in 1884. Next door is the cottage in which the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, lived until her death in 1896, also open for tours. For children, there is the delightful Bushnell Park Carousel, which was built in 1914 in one of the first public US parks. Other Hartford attractions include the oldest public art museum in the country, Wadsworth Atheneum, the Museum of Connecticut History, and the Old State House, which housed the State government until 1914. New Haven is the site of Yale University, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, the Center for British Art, and Yale University Art Gallery. The Art Gallery houses a fine collection, including American decorative arts, pre-Colombian pieces and works by European masters such as Van Gogh. More modern fare can be viewed at the Neon Garage. The town is also known for its theatre; famous names to have trodden New Haven’s boards include Jodie Foster, Glenn Close and Meryl Streep. The New Haven Symphony Orchestra and the Yale Repertory Theater have their homes here.

Mystic Seaport is a living museum of Connecticut’s maritime past. There is a display of wooden ships, a maritime museum, shops, and art and craft collections. Visitors can marvel at the sharks, dolphins and seals at Mystic Aquarium. They can also shop and dine in the New England Colonial setting of Olde Mistick Village. Some 8km (5 miles) east of Mystic, Stonington Borough is a delightful old fishing village, which boasts a number of antique shops and a Lighthouse Museum. Other attractions in the State include the entertainment complexes and casinos of Foxwoods Resort and the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Mashantucket, the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, the Haight Vineyards in Litchfield and the Ocean Beach Park, with a sand beach and wooden boardwalk, in New London.

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