Large Glacial Erratic
Large Glacial Erratic is a stone in Connecticut, New England. Large Glacial Erratic is situated nearby to the nature reserve Knox Family Farm Preserve, as well as near Lambs Way Preserve.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House and Mystic Seaport Marine Museum.
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 southeast of Large Glacial Erratic.
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 2 miles west of Large Glacial Erratic.
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 Large Glacial Erratic.
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 Large Glacial Erratic.
Stonington
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Stonington is a town located on Long Island Sound in New London County, Connecticut. The municipal limits of the town include the borough of Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Lords Point, and Wequetequock, and the eastern halves of the villages of Mystic and Old Mystic.
Large Glacial Erratic
- Type: Stone
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.35238° or 41° 21′ 9″ northLongitude
-71.93215° or 71° 55′ 56″ westOpen location code
87HC9329+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 5339946667OpenStreetMap feature
natural=stoneOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knox Family Farm Preserve and Long Wharf Walkway.
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