Kayak Landing

Kayak Landing is a slipway in Town of Stonington, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Kayak Landing is situated nearby to the nature reserve Knox Family Farm Preserve, as well as near the stone Large Glacial Erratic.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mystic Seaport Marine Museum and Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House.

Mystic Seaport Marine Museum

Theme park

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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 northwest of Kayak Landing.

Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House

Museum

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The Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House is a historic house museum in Stonington, Connecticut, built in 1852–54. The house is a transitional style between the Greek Revival and the Victorian Italianate. Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House is situated 1½ miles east of Kayak Landing.

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 station is situated 1½ miles west of Kayak Landing.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lords Point and Rossie Velvet Mill Historic District.

Lords Point

Suburb

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Lords Point is a small private village on the Atlantic Coast in the town of Stonington, Connecticut, United States, established in 1909. Lords Point has over 200 houses and summer cottages, with an average summer population of 800 people.

Rossie Velvet Mill Historic District

Neighborhood

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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 northwest of Kayak Landing.