Old Mystic Playground

Old Mystic Playground is a park in Town of Stonington, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Old Mystic Playground is situated nearby to Old Mystic Post Office, as well as near Old Mystic United Methodist Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

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

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 1¼ miles south of Old Mystic Playground.

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 2 miles south of Old Mystic Playground.

Whitehall Mansion

Building

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Whitehall Mansion is a historic house at 42 Whitehall Avenue in the Stonington side of Mystic, Connecticut. Built about 1771 for a local physician and politician, it is a fine example of late Georgian architecture. Whitehall Mansion is situated 1 mile south of Old Mystic Playground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Mystic and Burnetts Corner.

Old Mystic

Village

Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

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.

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 2 miles south of Old Mystic Playground.

Old Mystic Playground

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of Stonington, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.39162° or 41° 23′ 30″ north

Longitude

-71.95885° or 71° 57′ 32″ west

Open location code

87HC92RR+JF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43440289

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old Mystic Post Office and Old Mystic United Methodist Church.

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