John F Kennedy International Airport 1 hr 15
The Discovery Museum and Planetarium (19 min)
All-ages museum & planetarium featuring hands-on exhibits with a focus on science & outer space. The Shore Line Trolley Museum (21 min)
Country's oldest operating trolley museum, with vintage vehicles, history exhibits & themed rides. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (18 min)
Exhibits & dioramas on evolution, natural environments & human origins, with a regional focus. Silverman's Farm (21 min) The Barnum Museum (12 min)
This museum dedicated to P.T. Barnum & Tom Thumb also features visiting circus-themed exhibitions. Boothe Memorial Park (14 min)
Quirky complex of 1800s-era buildings & gardens, including an Americana museum & planetarium. Indian Well State Park (23 min)
Housatonic River park with a swimming beach, a brook & waterfall, hiking trails & picnic areas. Yale Center for British Art (20 min)
Museum designed by Louis I. Kahn housing the largest collection of British art outside the U.K. Charles Island (9 min)
14-acre tidal island with a state park & nature preserve for herons & egrets, plus fishing. It Adventure Ropes Course (16 min)
Zip line West Rock Ridge State Park (23 min)
A 627-ft. ridge offers views of New Haven Harbor & Long Island Sound, with hiking, fishing & more. Housatonic Museum of Art (11 min)
Permanent & temporary art exhibitions, plus a sculpture garden, at Housatonic Community College. Lighthouse Point Park (25 min)
An 1847 lighthouse anchors this beachfront that is popular with swimmers & a prime birding spot. Jennings Beach (18 min)
Wide, sandy stretch on the Long Island Sound with a lifeguard, snack bar, showers & restrooms. Beinecke Rare Book Library (19 min)
Yale University's architecturally unique library with a vast collection of rare books & manuscripts. | 
