Audubon Coastal Center

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Hours of Operation Tues.-Sat.: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday: noon-4 p.m.
Closed Monday
Admission: By Donation
Phone: 203-878-7440


Connecticut Audubon Society's Coastal Center at Milford Point provides unique hands-on environmental education and outdoor adventures for area youth and adults. Opened in 1995, the Coastal Center is located on an 8.4-acre barrier beach known as the Smith-Hubbell Wildlife Refuge and Bird Sanctuary, and is situated next to the 840-acre Charles Wheeler Salt Marsh and Wildlife Management Area at the mouth of the Housatonic River. The Coastal Center also provides unique, easy access to Long Island Sound and its many habitats: tidal salt marshes, barrier beaches, tide pools and coastal dunes. These diverse and interactive environments of salt water, tidal marsh and fresh water create rich habitats that support an enormous variety of bird, plant and animal communities that are ideal for observation and study. A variety of educational exhibits, live animals and program space for crafts, games and other activities can be found inside the Coastal Center.

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Sleeping Giant Mountain

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Hours of Operation All hikes are open to the public. Unless noted otherwise, all hikes will leave from the bulletin board at the park entrance on Sunday afternoons.

The Sleeping Giant Park Association (SGPA) was formed in 1924 to acquire land on and around the series of ridges in Mount Carmel, Connecticut known as the Sleeping Giant for use as a state park. SGPA is an all-volunteer organization whose mission is to protect and enlarge Sleeping Giant State Park. SGPA maintains over thirty miles of trails in the park and sponsors over 15 guided hikes each year.

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Connecticut Children's Museum

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Hours of Operation
Fridays and Saturdays 12-5


The Connecticut Children's Museum building, in New Haven, Connecticut, houses three programs, interwoven in purpose and philosophy: Creating Kids Child Care Center, Creating Curriculum Child Care Provider Training Program and the Connecticut Children's Museum itself. These programs are inspired by the Theory of Multiple Intelligences, articulated by Harvard psychologist, Howard Gardner. This is a rich and resourceful, cutting edge educational theory, which recognizes the multiplicity of children's intelligences and honors the different ways children learn.

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Quassy Amusement Park

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Hours of Operation Please see Quassy website for frequently changing hours!

Quassy celebrates 100 years of affordable family fun in 2008! In addition to the multitude of exciting and fun-filled attractions for the whole family to enjoy, we specialize in catering private parties for school, church, camp, sporting & corporate events.

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Shore Line Trolley Museum

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Hours of Operation
10:30am until 4:30pm A visit to the museum is a multi-sensory voyage into the past, from the moanful growl of the motors, to the smell of the electric arc, to the feel of rattan seats and varnished hardwood detailing. The Shore Line Trolley Museum operates the Branford Electric Railway, a National Historic Site. The railway is the oldest continuously operating suburban trolley line in the United States.