Becket Hill State Park Reserve

#1270 among destinations in the United States

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Becket Hill State Park Reserve is a public recreation area lying adjacent to Nehantic State Forest in the town of Lyme, Connecticut. The state park is as an undeveloped, walk-in park totaling 260 acres with no officially listed activities. It is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. ()

Established: 1961 (63 years ago)Coordinates: 41°22'20"N, 72°17'58"W

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Becket Hill State Park Reserve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Connecticut River Museum, Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge, Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut, Florence Griswold Museum.

4.7 miW
Specialty museum, Museum, Historical place
Connecticut River Museum, Essex
121 min walk • The Connecticut River Museum is a U.S. educational and cultural institution based at Steamboat Dock in Essex, Connecticut that focuses on the marine environment and maritime heritage of the Connecticut River Valley.
4.4 miSW
Bridge
Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge, Old Saybrook
113 min walk • The Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge is a concrete segmental bridge composed of eleven spans crossing the Connecticut River between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Old Lyme, Connecticut. The bridge carries Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1, with an average daily traffic of 82,500 vehicles.
6.2 miSE
Children's museum, Museum
Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut, East Lyme
160 min walk • The Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut is an interactive educational and cultural institution located in Niantic, Connecticut. Founded in 1992, the museum covers 5,000 square feet and is designed to encourage children to study arts, sciences, health, and various cultures.
3.5 miSW
Museum, Historical place, Art gallery
Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme
90 min walk • The Florence Griswold Museum is an Art Museum at 96 Lyme Street in Old Lyme, Connecticut centered on the home of Florence Griswold, which was the center of the Old Lyme Art Colony, a main nexus of American Impressionism.
3.6 miSW
Museum, Shopping
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme
92 min walk • Lyme-Old Lyme High School is a public high school in Old Lyme, Connecticut. It serves grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school operated by Lyme-Old Lyme Schools.
5 miW
Church
First Baptist Church of Essex, Essex
127 min walk • The First Baptist Church in Essex, Connecticut, built in 1846, is notable for being one of only three Egyptian revival churches known to have ever been built in the United States. The architect was Minard Lafever.
4.2 miE
41°22'46"N • 72°13'9"W
Cedar Ridge Golf Course, East Lyme
107 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
5.3 miSE
Park
Rocky Neck State Park, Rocky Glen State Park
135 min walk • Rocky Neck State Park is a public recreation area on Long Island Sound in the town of East Lyme, Connecticut, United States. The state park's 708 acres include a tidal river, a broad salt marsh, white sand beaches, rocky shores, and a large stone pavilion dating from the 1930s.
4.9 miSE
Museum, History museum, Saltbox architecture
Thomas Lee House, East Lyme
126 min walk • The Thomas Lee House is a historic house at the junction of Giant's Neck Road and Connecticut Route 156 in the Niantic section of East Lyme, Connecticut. Built about 1660, it is one of the oldest wood-frame houses in Connecticut.
5 miS
Park
Watch Rock Park, Old Lyme
128 min walk • Watch Rock Park is a 25-acre park in Old Lyme, Connecticut owned by the Old Lyme Conservation Trust. It is located off Joel Road at the point where the Duck River flows into the Connecticut River, just above the point where the Connecticut flows into Long Island Sound.
4.6 miE
Museum, History museum
Smith–Harris House, East Lyme
118 min walk • The Smith–Harris House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Thomas Avery House, is a 2+1⁄2-story clapboarded Greek Revival home on Society Road in East Lyme, Connecticut. It is believed that the farmhouse was built in 1845–1846 as a wedding gift for Thomas Avery and Elizabeth Griswold.