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Highlights Tour
Mystic Aquarium, Mystic Seaport and downtown Mystic's famous Bascule Bridge are all on this tour, with plenty of places to stop for a snack (or to shop!) en route. Or extend the trip to include a stop for Mystic's best clam chowder!
Total Distance: Shorter trip: 3.6 miles; Longer trip: 8 miles
Mystic Pizza. Made famous by the movie of the same name.
Shorter Trip
1. START: Olde Mistick Village, 27 Coogan Blvd.
2. HIKE OR RIDE West on Coogan Blvd. towards CT-27 Greenmanville Ave.
3. TURN LEFT on Greenmanville Ave.
4. TURN RIGHT on Holmes Street
5. TURN RIGHT on Main Street
6. ARRIVE at Mystic Pizza, 56 West Main Street
Distance 1.8 miles
SHORTER TRIP:
CROSS STREET AND RETURN to Olde Mistick Village by reversing above route.
Total round trip distance: 3.6 miles
Cove Fish Market, 20 Old Stonington Rd. 860.536.0061
Longer circuit
7. CROSS STREET and head back East on Main Street US-1. Follow US-1 as it becomes E. Main and then Broadway Ave.
8. TURN LEFT at Roosevelt Street. Continue on US-1.
9. MAKE SLIGHT LEFT onto Old Stonington Road
10. ARRIVE at Cove Restaurant, 20 Old Stonington Road
Distance 1.8 miles
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center
860.536.1216
Third Leg
11. CONTINUE Southeast on Old Stonington Rd.
12. TURN LEFT as road merges onto US-1 Stonington Westerly Rd.
13. TURN LEFT at Cove RD. towards Mistuxet Ave.
14. TURN LEFT at Mistuxet Ave.
15. TURN RIGHT at Pequotsepos Road
16. ARRIVE at Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center
Return
17. CONTINUE North on Pequotsepos Rd. towards Jerry Browne Rd.
18. TURN LEFT at Jerry Browne Road
19. TURN LEFT at Coogan Blvd.
20. ARRIVE BACK at Olde Mistick Village
Distance: 1.1 miles
Total Distance: 8 miles
Along the Route
Bascule Bridge
Historic 1922 marvel delights bridge fans -- its mechanical parts are all out in the open.
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center
Features all-new exhibits highlighting the habitats and wildlife of SE Connecticut.
