Best Places to Visit Near Colchester
Visit some of the best attractions in the vicinity of Colchester 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 Mystic, Hartford, New London) or select map view to search geographically.
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Cities and Localities Near Colchester
Where to go for a weekend trip near Colchester? A list of surrounding cities, towns and villages nearby or close to the suburbs of Colchester within a 50 mile radius.
Locality
![mystic](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/803a31ccdcebc38279beb41a81bb7459.jpg?1582270511)
City
![hartford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/9f221d428a641096066dd257ec88427e.jpg?1582270511)
City
![new london](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/a2c96b56001171f46485d1f563e5ae9b.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![scotland](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/a59c1ec70ce9b3d492630ee1cf83b114.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![west hartford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/616224a69c8adfa74d705a88b7e74380.jpg?1603621387)
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)
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
![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
![madison](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f15015f8081ad8380cde782b8fdb0d3b.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
![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)
Town
![manchester](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/e7c3648a0c47274c9f93b51c6187d3f5.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![chester](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/dc0558a5bc2cd49b79ce94cdfea139b5.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)
Locality
![storrs](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/37886e4fb0064ca0c50e40bab8e1b60c.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![north dumpling island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/280573ea8baf7ac6e92db1c291ca35c3.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![east hartford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/57a59b96e566b15ccf5d470f0f93cb97.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)
Locality
![preston](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/cc04dfd05f95c4f70dff5f27cf44805c.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![ellington](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/ded3a1387ac9835d7e2c58380c06738d.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![east hampton](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/e309dbb97e5329188d9559ec700bc26f.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)
Town
![tolland](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/415c150344508c9a1c92bb4ec6410a89.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![mansfield center](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/e107f20cfcefbc710477f777eff4b387.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)
Town
![canterbury](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/c0985c5c5ae8aeb91295d8a8fef15dc7.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![hopeville pond state park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/90d1ed3d69f68b1552c774a53fff6e00.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 Colchester
Best Day Trips from Colchester
![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)
![XL Center](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/964e3015890b04625be5604f3ab426e3.jpg?1631008059)
![Mark Twain House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/7999094385a76b74850282d75ab6bd6e.jpg?1602607186)
![Waterford Speedbowl](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/8d0fab44183f4216a9d8b0d031a1ded7.jpg?1582270511)
![Wadsworth Atheneum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/a62a955e2fa48d1c10be948023218f4e.jpg?1631007787)
19th- and 20th-century American artists
![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)
![Connecticut State Capitol](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/94fabd2b58e8ce97fbba593a0ec30a6f.jpg?1582270511)
Historic building with a gold dome
![Harriet Beecher Stowe Center](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/793ef222e34d706666292617fc57f305.jpg?1582270511)
![Old State House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/9dfbbfa25c822566b87aa6a8d0f0537f.jpg?1582270511)
![Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/e72f54e415688777c98faa7251e0f550.jpg?1582270511)
![Mystic River Bascule Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/c367e006f8e1ac5c176ccde942ada555.jpg?1582270511)
![Dunkin' Donuts Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/0c5368810a780e926d4c070d92c1537d.jpg?1582270511)
![Cedar Island Marina](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/bac38e3c32498864e61b3353797980a5.jpg?1582270511)
![Bushnell Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/914e412bef07e6b4f1afe3da4b2d2108.jpg?1582270511)
![Mohegan Sun](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/0ce4fb1c192968e9f8cdb75838c00a11.jpg?1582270511)
![Rentschler Field](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/a7f5b7f9354badb8a5c22389f52d58a8.jpg?1582270511)
![Connecticut River Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/6cbb1363f8c240449d24521776c15674.jpg?1582270511)
![Elizabeth Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/192f7e6bc792744356a86af466a1a722.jpg?1582270511)
![Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/78d808f6cefbaf7b94a2caf72cba90c0.jpg?1582270511)
![Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/afacc10afd3e09bde471394c50c1c0e9.jpg?1582270511)
![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)
![Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/us/41_802_-72_7169.jpg)
![New Britain Museum of American Art](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/03628da929198db28394d8a476a9bf65.jpg?1582270511)
![Corning Fountain](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/d49f9082c940a0098809080a53397bb4.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)
![Connecticut Science Center](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/b6a1ae34a951021eb9c503f249e33031.jpg?1582270511)
![The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/5e920d460a3b02d9af8ed8d14be6c86f.jpg?1582270511)
![Avery Point Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/7972c66f0a62ba551f011306666f6537.jpg?1582270511)
![Ancient Burying Ground](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/ec68a9bbae1d3513441b35fbac22bfa1.jpg?1582270511)
![Shaw's Cove Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/86ca3939dc9e1a7756e8a8a782cf0b4f.jpg?1648455797)
![The Children's Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/4238327f50c625ba94562b041c44cb8d.jpg?1582270511)
![Goodspeed Musicals](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/ea0d96ef73e00ba025ac05f866aa543b.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)
![Connecticut Convention Center](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/95aeea767e553e3a957c5de2965afbd7.jpg?1582270511)
![Dinosaur State Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/63c1aab2a7b6b2afb01628efdc85027b.jpg?1582270511)
![Clinton Town Beach](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/fe6a060f33291c6de42f334899b39207.jpg?1582270511)
![William Benton Museum of Art](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/1df3e711f84c77d50f00a047a91cbe36.jpg?1582270511)
![Windham Textile and History Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/30c255d286054aa4da60bf30b8573432.jpg?1582270511)
![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)
![Eagle Landing State Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/e07d7e935790aa11cc70116254eb58be.jpg?1582270511)
![Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/07d5d1f96eabe99b5c7ade3f3767a50a.jpg?1582270511)
![Custom House Maritime Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/c05bc0910d8bd5bffa9d2fcf54b12900.jpg?1582270511)
![Constitution Plaza](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/82da5104cc2d39e6aaf464b8e745c51c.jpg?1582270511)
![Arrigoni Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/706e13eeac2d4ed5553eec16e7123c1b.jpg?1582270511)
![Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/fc69d7665e1d6ccadc3b5725ff8c25e4.jpg?1582270511)
![Florence Griswold Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/af812549298d748961dcc06ecd5f6ee2.jpg?1582270511)