Downes Marsh

Downes Marsh is a nature reserve in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Downes Marsh is situated nearby to the village Old Mystic, as well as near the neighborhood Burnett’s Corner Historic District.

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 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 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mystic and Old Mystic.

Mystic

Photo: peasap, CC BY 2.0.

Mystic is a village that is partly in Groton and partly in Stonington in Connecticut. It is a major tourist destination.

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.

Downes Marsh

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.3828° or 41° 22′ 58″ north

Longitude

-71.9664° or 71° 57′ 59″ west

Inception

1971

Operator

Avalonia Land Conservancy

Open location code

87HC92MM+4C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43440310

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Burnett’s Corner Historic District and Rossie Velvet Mill Historic District.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint Patricks Cemetery and Mystic Community Center Open Space.

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