Best Places to Visit Near Essex
Visit some of the best attractions in the vicinity of Essex 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 Essex
Where to go for a weekend trip near Essex? A list of surrounding cities, towns and villages nearby or close to the suburbs of Essex within a 50 mile radius.
28 milesW
New HavenCity
22 milesE
MysticLocality
15 milesE
New LondonCity
17 milesE
GrotonTown
25 milesS
Sag HarborVillage
20 milesNW
MiddletownCity
4.2 miS
Old SaybrookTown
27 milesW
HamdenTown
24 milesW
WallingfordTown
20 milesNE
NorwichCity
9.4 miE
East LymeTown
25 milesE
StoningtonVillage
20 milesS
SoutholdTown
24 milesS
Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife RefugeNational park
16 milesW
GuilfordTown
12 milesSW
MadisonTown
22 milesW
BranfordTown
25 milesW
East HavenTown
15 milesSE
Plum IslandIsland
4.2 miSE
Old LymeTown
28 milesE
Watch HillVillage
26 milesNW
Rocky HillTown
27 milesNW
GlastonburyTown
7.9 miNW
East HaddamTown
19 milesS
Shelter IslandTown, Island
22 milesE
LedyardTown
27 milesN
WillimanticLocality
4.7 miNW
ChesterTown
23 milesSE
Gardiners IslandIsland
8.7 miSW
ClintonTown
20 milesE
North Dumpling IslandIsland
3.3 miNW
Deep RiverTown
20 milesE
Haley Farm State ParkNational park
11 milesNW
HaddamTown
13 milesE
WaterfordTown
20 milesNW
MiddlefieldTown
18 milesSE
Little Gull IslandIsland
23 milesNE
PrestonLocality
17 milesN
East HamptonLocality
15 milesN
ColchesterTown
27 milesNW
BerlinTown
23 milesNW
CromwellLocality
18 milesNE
MontvilleTown
6.9 miNW
Sunrise State ParkNational park
27 milesNE
WindhamLocality
15 milesNW
Millers Pond State ParkNational park
22 milesE
Enders IslandIsland
8.8 miN
Devil's Hopyard State ParkNational park
14 milesNW
Hurd State ParkNational park
24 milesNE
SpragueTown
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TOP Attractions
Best Day Trips from Essex
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Attractions Best Day Trips from Essex
22 milesEMystic Seaport Mystic, United States
16 milesESubmarine Force Library and Museum Groton, United States
12 milesEWaterford Speedbowl Waterford, United States
28 milesWPeabody Museum of Natural History New Haven, United States
28 milesWYale University Art Gallery New Haven, United States
28 milesEFlying Horse Carousel Watch Hill, United States
27 milesWEast Rock Park New Haven, United States
28 milesWNew Haven, United States
Collection of 16th- to 19th-century art
16 milesEGroton, United States
Visitors can tour a historic submarine
5.5 miNSunrise State Park, United States
Medieval castlelike midcentury mansion
15 milesEFort Trumbull New London, United States
28 milesWOld Campus New Haven, United States
18 milesSFire Fighter Shelter Island, United States
28 milesWLighthouse Point Carousel New Haven, United States
25 milesEStonington Harbor Light Stonington, United States
21 milesNESenator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium Norwich, United States
28 milesWYale School of Art New Haven, United States
22 milesEMystic River Bascule Bridge Mystic, United States
9.5 miSWCedar Island Marina Clinton, United States
18 milesNEMohegan Sun Montville, United States
28 milesWNew Haven Green New Haven, United States
26 milesWSleeping Giant Hamden, United States
24 milesEMashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center Ledyard, United States
28 milesWNew Haven, United States
Landmark cemetery with graves of famous
21 milesEMorgan Point Light Enders Island, United States
24 milesEFoxwoods Resort Casino Ledyard, United States
20 milesNWIndian Hill Cemetery Middletown, United States
22 milesECharles W. Morgan Ship Mystic, United States
27 milesWSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument New Haven, United States
16 milesWHenry Whitfield House Guilford, United States
28 milesWFive Mile Point Light New Haven, United States
47 milesEPoint Judith United States
25 milesSSt. David African Methodist Episcopal Zion Cemetery Sag Harbor, United States
25 milesNWSolomon Goffe House Middlefield, United States
15 milesESt. James Episcopal Church New London, United States
27 milesWEast Rock New Haven, United States
29 milesSDia Bridgehampton Sag Harbor, United States
27 milesWHamden Memorial Town Hall Hamden, United States
28 milesWBranford College New Haven, United States
28 milesWBattell Chapel New Haven, United States
17 milesEAvery Point Light Groton, United States
25 milesSOld Whaler's Church Sag Harbor, United States
15 milesEShaw's Cove Bridge New London, United States
27 milesWEli Whitney Museum Hamden, United States
7.8 miNWGoodspeed Musicals East Haddam, United States
30 milesSThe Watermill Center Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge, United States
27 milesWWooster Square New Haven, United States
16 milesENew London Harbor Light New London, United States
3.2 miSERaymond E. Baldwin Bridge Old Saybrook, United States
28 milesWSilliman College New Haven, United States
25 milesNWDinosaur State Park Rocky Hill, United States
28 milesWBerkeley College New Haven, United States
27 milesWSt. Thomas's Episcopal Church New Haven, United States
28 milesEWatch Hill Light Watch Hill, United States
28 milesWWoolsey Hall New Haven, United States
27 milesWNathan Hale Park New Haven, United States
8.8 miSWClinton Town Beach Clinton, United States
27 milesNWindham Textile and History Museum Willimantic, United States
19 milesSHorton Point Light Southold, United States
20 milesNESlater Memorial Museum Norwich, United States
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