Cowles Park, East Granby

Name: Cowles Park
Address: S. Main St, East Granby, United States

#2 among attractions in East Granby

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The Whitfield Cowles House is a historic house at 118 Spoonville Road in East Granby, Connecticut. Built about 1785, it was home to one of the early innovators in the development of silver plating, and was still owned by Cowles descendants. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. ()

Built: 1785 (240 years ago)Elevation: 262 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°54'30"N, 72°44'56"W

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S. Main StEast Granby United States

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Cowles Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: New England Air Museum, Old Newgate Prison, Phelps Tavern Museum, Salmon Brook Historical Society.

4 miNE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks
102 min walk • The New England Air Museum is an American aerospace museum located adjacent to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The museum consists of three display hangars with additional storage and restoration hangars.
3.7 miN
Historical place, Museum
Old Newgate Prison, East Granby
95 min walk • Old Newgate Prison is a former prison and mine site on Newgate Road in East Granby, Connecticut. It is now operated by the state of Connecticut as the Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine Archaeological Preserve. Previously closed for restoration since 2009, it was re-opened on July 14, 2018.
3.5 miSW
Historical place, History museum, Museum
Phelps Tavern Museum, Simsbury
89 min walk • The Captain Elisha Phelps House is a historic house museum at 800 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury, Connecticut. The colonial-era house was built by David Phelps in 1711. His son Elisha Phelps received the land from his father and expanded the house in 1771.
3.5 miNW
Museum, History museum
Salmon Brook Historical Society, Granby
90 min walk • The Salmon Brook Historical Society is the local historical society of Granby, Connecticut. The society's museum property is located and 208 Salmon Brook Street, and includes four historic buildings, which include museum displays of historic items, and a small research library.
3.8 miSW
Bridge
Drake Hill Road Bridge, Simsbury
97 min walk • Drake Hill Road Bridge, also known as the Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge, is a bridge in Simsbury, Connecticut, originally carrying Drake Hill Road over the Farmington River. Built in 1892, it is one of three surviving Parker truss bridges in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
3.3 miSW
City hall, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Mary's Simsbury, Simsbury
85 min walk • The Horace Belden School and Central Grammar School are a pair of architecturally distinguished Late Gothic Revival occupying a single campus at 933 Hopmeadow Street and 29 Massaco Street in Simsbury, Connecticut.
2.4 miE
Museum, Park
Northwest Park, Windsor
60 min walk • Northwest Park is a municipally owned park in the town of Windsor, Connecticut, which includes walking trails, soccer fields and a nature center.
3.6 miSW
Library, Greek Revival architecture
Simsbury Free Library, Simsbury
93 min walk • The Simsbury Townhouse is a historic municipal building at 695 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury, Connecticut. Built in 1839, it was Simsbury's town hall until 1931, and is a good local example of Greek Revival architecture.
4.2 miNE
41°56'47"N • 72°41'9"W
Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Windsor Locks
106 min walk • Memorial
3.7 miSW
Neighbourhood
Simsbury Center, Simsbury
95 min walk • Simsbury Center is a census-designated place that consists of the central settlement, and the neighborhoods immediately surrounding it, in the town of Simsbury, Connecticut, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 5,836.
3.8 miSW
National park
Penwood State Park
97 min walk • Hikers and outdoor enthusiasts will delight in the park's network of well-maintained trails, which wind through the forest and provide stunning views of the surrounding landscape. From leisurely strolls to challenging treks, there is a trail for every skill level.