Best Places to Visit Near Chester
Visit some of the best attractions in the vicinity of Chester with hundreds to choose from to make your perfect day out or weekend break away. Browse the below list featuring some of the best destinations (such as New Haven, Mystic, New London) or select map view to search geographically.
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Cities and Localities Near Chester
Where to go for a weekend trip near Chester? A list of surrounding cities, towns and villages nearby or close to the suburbs of Chester within a 50 mile radius.
City
![new haven](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/99756f1d27f69e82a4fdb08bac405ca8.jpg?1619169693)
Locality
![mystic](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/803a31ccdcebc38279beb41a81bb7459.jpg?1582270511)
City
![new london](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/a2c96b56001171f46485d1f563e5ae9b.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![groton](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/89e3c473e3a33c08247308ae3d84cb20.jpg?1591885736)
City
![middletown](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/df49425682243ad57f169ca4a0801590.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![old saybrook](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/563ade014af1a59cc2582286069cb14a.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![hamden](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f42511d8bb821eab3ac9a8d9350504ba.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![wallingford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/1ab1df8971e39a780a1e3287a3a36795.jpg?1582270511)
City
![norwich](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/41ec0819fceab087ac61e3b4969b7e25.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![east lyme](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/b6ad576b0e4bb157e11567c59e609855.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![southold long island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/c6f283b77b4ec3056db059fa5ea0d07e.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![essex](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/0e67f6465439f4cc4691c526355add89.jpg?1582270511)
City
![new britain](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/4544755fbdcc1fffc50a3f7be672804f.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![guilford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/a32fe609afb6791358427913b54c8c0a.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![madison](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f15015f8081ad8380cde782b8fdb0d3b.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![branford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/54eecf41df664052ecde818e95f93a97.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![east haven](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/c1966554e9a1a27215bc315d74c7e3b2.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![plum island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/db72b46adb92b959a73c71709b29a4f3.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![old lyme](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/2bfbeb9bc18b7b9b763eb9e75b88c448.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![rocky hill](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/ffe61bbb8a4a98599cafc94728280987.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![glastonbury](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/18eec712f3bf6f04d5f737242ae42ee6.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![east haddam](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/7da7055158613e4ea8a400b606009bd3.jpg?1582270511)
Town, Island
![shelter island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/1d33fd159abc8796e789e1260f31ac5e.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![newington](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/4aa4736445709e312b00f9a931db9640.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![ledyard](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f2193c7504f3636b188d3b90783723a7.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![willimantic](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/b9929acf93a191517b77e635a66b38b5.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![wethersfield](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/c11a3312e6af4e53f112b1c475bfddc8.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![cheshire](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/73dd2a97f0bc2800d8ddf648ca300075.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![coventry](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/8e56f0a3c50099b38c5e227ec964870c.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![clinton](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/9ff6b5313cc82dd7d3c0ac2365125a59.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![north dumpling island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/280573ea8baf7ac6e92db1c291ca35c3.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![deep river](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/9896abae94e13ecefc39a41c9bbf4b9b.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![haley farm state park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/b8f389e4c9bcbcceb44dfa43137b08cd.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![haddam](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/1558f44a0253934cf2395c20bd9ac25c.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![waterford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/99d17fa71566f2000aac3ad181d12261.jpg?1617891264)
Town
![middlefield](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/919e28075981afb4bffe08270d308db7.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![little gull island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/84ccd613d54a8c1c9237c50979fa5763.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![preston](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/cc04dfd05f95c4f70dff5f27cf44805c.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![east hampton](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/e309dbb97e5329188d9559ec700bc26f.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![colchester](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/38c96bb8961685b6e31ae72fdbb2aefe.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![berlin](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/581eb47da6b3062319b6b8db2c795a63.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![cromwell](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/cfe95958824a3ba55d71f33390afbf95.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![montville](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/4b0f73d6855faa0d7ff8c469dc2b5303.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![sunrise state park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/59e54d28f42fc1554c574660d8c2de26.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![windham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/2fe2c30d878b35098f5b6ba29f0bf9f7.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![millers pond state park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/fd476b294d511f4ad3cb15c054a61b41.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![enders island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/6c08a297007347f72ea5c8966dabb144.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![devils hopyard state park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/64a75ce6e3b555a4b7db6c91990f21c7.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![hurd state park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/8361f45d40e4a11c30f5a1400ff88ef9.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![sprague](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f23cb617c8fe9b3e1e187ecbad44cf3f.jpg?1582270511)
TOP Attractions
Best Day Trips from Chester
Best Day Trips from Chester
![Mystic Seaport](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/ce9b6e26e5b885d51b441e5e6e3b0248.jpg?1582270511)
![Submarine Force Library and Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/7bf56e8670bd8712a896231749149809.jpg?1591885845)
![Waterford Speedbowl](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/8d0fab44183f4216a9d8b0d031a1ded7.jpg?1582270511)
![Peabody Museum of Natural History](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/27e791243681d0dbc34d53eb0799625b.jpg?1619169231)
![Yale University Art Gallery](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/a275b36096aeb8ad09cda60b0d6c4b90.jpg?1625240607)
![East Rock Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/4b6b56e9e2593e0ea79706db292db04b.jpg?1629189827)
![Yale Center for British Art](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/92e143d72daf80ec2392c46204fd1067.jpg?1582270511)
Collection of 16th- to 19th-century art
![USS Nautilus](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/21902bad3672c487975116b6b8dde696.jpg?1582270511)
Visitors can tour a historic submarine
![Gillette Castle State Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/81234504e0f0146088d34e93f212d94e.jpg?1582270511)
Medieval castlelike midcentury mansion
![Fort Trumbull](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/629e8c736e58cac472b2bafccc4be4fb.jpg?1582270511)
![New Britain Stadium](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/c527b87abb3b88d21841c74a4cfe8a54.jpg?1582270511)
![Old Campus](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/87ac7dd6ea0e5fe204a76232ecaf7805.jpg?1582270511)
![Fire Fighter](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/cdf21e641ce3841f134de0c02fc161b7.jpg?1648577923)
![Lighthouse Point Carousel](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/14ffe472c85768ecfe6d1cd3144d38cb.jpg?1582270511)
![Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/e72f54e415688777c98faa7251e0f550.jpg?1582270511)
![Yale School of Art](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/31da56d2cd7a22dccc7e7f14155dd749.jpg?1582270511)
![Mystic River Bascule Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/c367e006f8e1ac5c176ccde942ada555.jpg?1582270511)
![Cedar Island Marina](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/bac38e3c32498864e61b3353797980a5.jpg?1582270511)
![Mohegan Sun](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/0ce4fb1c192968e9f8cdb75838c00a11.jpg?1582270511)
![New Haven Green](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/364ae7ef186b06a2cc04b801cf979379.jpg?1582270511)
![Connecticut River Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/6cbb1363f8c240449d24521776c15674.jpg?1582270511)
![Sleeping Giant](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/bf3c2807f5b972f3541e86dcfe8be1f8.jpg?1582270511)
![Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/afacc10afd3e09bde471394c50c1c0e9.jpg?1582270511)
![Grove Street Cemetery](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/a2ac5c06b08a53838e93d726ce6cea53.jpg?1582270511)
Landmark cemetery with graves of famous
![Morgan Point Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/us/41_31631_-71_98718.jpg)
![Foxwoods Resort Casino](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/8f35e9c9768a1af424212ebbc702485d.jpg?1582270511)
![Indian Hill Cemetery](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/b84e64726ca8f6086097d48a622df9b9.jpg?1582270511)
![Charles W. Morgan Ship](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/93fdfeabdaf30d4584074d8fbc73f4fe.jpg?1582270511)
![Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/cd714b1bdb74591374fa1cd29f8646fc.jpg?1582270511)
![Henry Whitfield House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f5d7222afe569dea9acbb0686a18dea3.jpg?1582270511)
![New Britain Museum of American Art](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/03628da929198db28394d8a476a9bf65.jpg?1582270511)
![Five Mile Point Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/c9a09a9e20a8c7ace8b413c9e3766e7c.jpg?1582270511)
![Walnut Hill Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/997933b396154b8d271ac4c75b43919d.jpg?1648524203)
![Point Judith](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/31efff1399500598c8af9764fc9ef1cc.jpg?1582270511)
![Nathan Hale Homestead](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/7ea040e512d4eb7748ca82c157168d12.jpg?1582270511)
![Solomon Goffe House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/2c17aabfa6f27f1a76c64a4ad63ba464.jpg?1648459241)
![St. James Episcopal Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/7c078d2f05f93b799ae53ae50e5ae97c.jpg?1582270511)
![East Rock](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/013df90800932e29e7635b77d4e87f4d.jpg?1582270511)
![Hamden Memorial Town Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/88a1b4cd48002bafc0c33b81dcb9857d.jpg?1648527323)
![Branford College](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/0a96bd8acf88891951fece7a42d33c38.jpg?1582270511)
![Battell Chapel](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/cca8969e3e30ef453133706b9df01ad8.jpg?1582270511)
![Avery Point Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/7972c66f0a62ba551f011306666f6537.jpg?1582270511)
![Shaw's Cove Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/86ca3939dc9e1a7756e8a8a782cf0b4f.jpg?1648455797)
![Eli Whitney Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/dbe3d7c5a78c2f79991c472b04d86787.jpg?1582270511)
![Goodspeed Musicals](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/ea0d96ef73e00ba025ac05f866aa543b.jpg?1582270511)
![Wooster Square](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/4bc3a30882f284f7c1ef8479c853345a.jpg?1582270511)
![New London Harbor Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/ea0604df2208ad261f2ee9a82253eeaf.jpg?1582270511)
![Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/us/41_31917_-72_3475.jpg)
![Silliman College](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/6dce6100343ea076d632de033f7d9715.jpg?1582270511)
![Dinosaur State Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/63c1aab2a7b6b2afb01628efdc85027b.jpg?1582270511)
![Berkeley College](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/faae1c351f9cb7d62e2e4b5eaaf05bbb.jpg?1582270511)
![St. Thomas's Episcopal Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/us/41_33217_-72_91336.jpg)
![Woolsey Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/17ebe730d8f02d3334a219eb6d5fd92c.jpg?1582270511)
![Nathan Hale Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/2c8c58926f23b27bb8dfb3d7914cbc24.jpg?1582270511)
![Clinton Town Beach](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/fe6a060f33291c6de42f334899b39207.jpg?1582270511)
![Windham Textile and History Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/30c255d286054aa4da60bf30b8573432.jpg?1582270511)
![Horton Point Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/7ed25e81fea60c4586d94a8690fd85b6.jpg?1582466557)
![Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/7c418f150bf8be7f1363bd7444ff6d93.jpg?1582270511)
![Slater Memorial Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/98c09877d0d568f32c3478b10c943490.jpg?1582270511)
![Windham Town Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/95757f201e72a55ae9e3b1d8704e3bc5.jpg?1582270511)