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Cromwell (/ ˈ k r ɑː m w ɛ l / CRAHM-wel) is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States, located within the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 14,225 at the 2020 census .
- River Highlands State Park
- Main Street Historic District
- Forest City Brewing
- Middletown Upper Houses Historic District
- Brownstone Exploration & Discovery Park
- Dinosaur State Park
- Davison Art Center
- Van Vleck Observatory
- Kidcity Children’s Museum
- Still Hill Brewery
There’s a view to rival any in Connecticut at this state park above the Connecticut River. Now under a thick layer of woodland, this park was once open farmland and creates a welcome natural buffer surrounded by ever-growing suburbs. The highest points on the bluffs are at the northern end, where they rise to 45 meters and you can contemplate the r...
In this district, mostly along Main Street in Cromwell, you can witness how an 18th-century village center developed into a 20th-century town. In these 130 acres, encompassing two greens (Valour Green and Memorial Green) there’s an example of every important architectural style between 1750 and 1935, from Colonial to Colonial Revival. Most of this ...
An old brick-built factory at an industrial zone in the north of Middletown is the setting for a family-run craft brewery with a big local following. Forest City Brewing makes juicy IPAS, chocolate stouts, sour ales and more, and you can hit up their social media accounts to see what’s on tap when you come. The taproom is open Friday to Sunday for ...
On the little streets wedged between Cromwell’s Main Street and the west bank of the Connecticut River is a district full of historic houses. More than half of the 72 contributing buildings go back to before 1820, and are in the Colonial and Federal styles. Up to the middle of the 19th century this piece of riverside, known as Upper Houses, was an ...
Enduring landmarks and historic residences in New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington D. C., Philadelphia and many more city’s were constructed with brownstone extracted across the Connecticut River in Portland. These quarries were worked from the end of the 17th century until a flood and then a hurricane ceased operations in the 1930s. Over the last...
About two million years ago a carnivore closely related to the dilophosaurus walked along the sandy shore of a lake at what is now Rocky Hill, and those tracks were preserved in sandstone to be exposed in the 1960s. After the discovery, the site was turned into a state park, and about a quarter of the tracks (some 500) were housed beneath a geodesi...
Wesleyan University, the renowned liberal arts college, is right in Middletown and has an art museum open in the afternoon from Tuesday to Sunday. The Davison Art Center is an obligatory visit for its astounding collection of art on paper, running to almost 25,000 pieces. The print collection is one of best two or three at any American university, ...
Wesleyan University’s astronomical observatory dates back to 1914 and opens to the public on Wednesday evenings during the academic year. Depending on the weather you should get the chance to stargaze with two of the observatory’s three telescopes. Beforehand there will be a riveting half-hour presentation by a department member, dealing with a rec...
Just the ticket for parents with children aged 1 to 7, Kidcity has three floors of imagination play, with exhibits thought up, designed and built by an in-house team. Among many other things, kids can go shopping on Main Street, build a castle in a Medieval village, tend to a farm, meet aliens on Route 66 and bring in a catch using pulley baskets a...
This 10-barrel craft brewery calls on more than a decade of beer-making experience and has opened a small and convivial taproom close by in Rocky Hill for pints, flights and to fill growlers. On tap are a handful of year-round brews like the flagship Still Hill American Pale Ale, which balances citrusy American hops with a robust malt base. Accompa...
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Cromwell is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States, located within the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 14,225 at the 2020 census. Overview
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Cromwell (/ ˈkrɑːmwɛl / CRAHM-wel) is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States, located within the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 14,225 at the 2020 census.
Welcome to Cromwell — the "Crossroads Of Connecticut". The Town comprises 13.5 square miles near the geographic center of the state. It is 14 miles south of Hartford and 28 miles north of New Haven. The Connecticut River forms Cromwell's eastern boundary.
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