Mystic River
The Mystic River is a 3.4-mile-long estuary in the southeast corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. Its main tributary is Whitford Brook. It empties into Fishers Island Sound, dividing the village of Mystic, Connecticut between the towns of Groton and Stonington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Connecticut, United States
- Also known as: “Mistic River”, “Mistick River”, and “Siccanumus River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mystic Museum of Art and Mystic station.
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 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 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
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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
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.
Mystic River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Mystic River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Mystic”
- Catalan: “Mystic”
- Cebuano: “Mystic River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Connecticut)”
- Cebuano: “Mystic River”
- Danish: “Mystic River (Connecticut)”
- Danish: “Mystic River”
- French: “Mystic River”
- German: “Mystic River (Connecticut)”
- German: “Mystic River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Mystic”
- Spanish: “río Mystic”
- Spanish: “Río Mystic”
- Venetian: “Mystic”
- Welsh: “Afon Mystic”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as West Mystic and Mystic Seaport.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Murphy Point and Mystic Bascule Bridge.
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