Avon Park

Avon Park is a park in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Avon Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Burnetts Corner, as well as near the village Old Mystic.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mystic Seaport Marine Museum and Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration.

Mystic Seaport Marine Museum

Theme park

Photo: Joethon, Public domain.

Mystic Seaport Museum is a maritime museum in Mystic, Connecticut, and the largest in the United States. Its 19-acre site holds a collection of ships and boats and a re-creation of a 19th-century seaport village consisting of more than 60 historic buildings, including many rare commercial structures that were moved to the site and meticulously restored. Mystic Seaport Marine Museum is situated 1½ miles southeast of Avon Park.

Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration

Public aquarium

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Mystic Aquarium is a marine aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut. It is one of only three U.S. facilities holding Steller sea lions, and it has the only beluga whales in New England. Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration is situated 1½ miles southeast of Avon Park.

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 Museum of Art is situated 2 miles south of Avon Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burnetts Corner and Old Mystic.

Burnetts Corner

Neighborhood

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Burnetts Corner is a village in the town of Groton, Connecticut, and the site of Burnett's Corner Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Old Mystic

Village

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Old Mystic is a village and census-designated place located in the towns of Groton and Stonington Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, Old Mystic had a population of 3,493.

Rossie Velvet Mill Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Rossie Velvet Mill Historic District is located in the village of Mystic in Stonington, Connecticut. Its main focus is the former Rossie Velvet Mill, a large brick industrial facility on the east side of Greenmanville Avenue that is now a research center for the nearby Mystic Seaport Museum. Rossie Velvet Mill Historic District is situated 1½ miles southeast of Avon Park.

Avon Park

Type: Park
Description: park in New London County, Connecticut, United States
Location: Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.38204° or 41° 22′ 55″ north

Longitude

-71.97924° or 71° 58′ 45″ west

Elevation

194 feet (59 metres)

Open location code

87HC92JC+R8

GeoNames ID

5281734

Wikidata ID

Q31814645

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In Other Languages

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Cebuano: “Avon Park”

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