Murphy Point

Murphy Point is a cape in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Murphy Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Mystic Bridge Historic District, as well as near Mystic River Historic District.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mystic station and Mystic Museum of Art.

Mystic station

Railway station

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Mystic station is an intercity train station on the Northeast Corridor, located off Roosevelt Avenue east of downtown Mystic, Connecticut. It is served by a limited number of trains on Amtrak's Northeast Regional service, with three to five daily trains in each direction.

Mystic Museum of Art

Museum

Mystic Museum of Art is a museum of American art at 9 Water Street in Mystic, Connecticut. The Mystic Art Association, an organization of artists who painted in the seacoast town, was founded by Charles Harold Davis in 1913.

Mystic River Bascule Bridge

Bridge

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The Mystic River Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge spanning the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut in the United States. It carries vehicle and foot traffic directly into the tourist district of town via 33 ft-wide Main Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mystic Bridge Historic District and Mystic.

Mystic Bridge Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Rhvanwinkle, CC BY 3.0.

The Mystic Bridge Historic District is a historic district in the village of Mystic, Connecticut on the Stonington side of the Mystic River. It includes the Mystic Seaport Museum, whose grounds and floating vessels represent the area's history, and the 1924 Mystic River Bascule Bridge.

Mystic

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Mystic is a village that is partly in Groton and partly in Stonington in Connecticut. It is a major tourist destination.

Mystic River Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Mystic River Historic District encompasses the part of the village of Mystic, Connecticut that is on the Groton side of the Mystic River. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 1979, approximately 235-acre which includes much of the village of West Mystic and many buildings from the 19th century.

Murphy Point

Type: Cape
Also known as: “Pistol Point”
Category: landform
Location: Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.3476° or 41° 20′ 51″ north

Longitude

-71.96785° or 71° 58′ 4″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87HC82XJ+2V

GeoNames ID

4839137

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