CTMQ’s Guide to East Lyme

Everything East Lyme

I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” East Lyme CTMQ-style… as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ.

If I’ve missed anything in town or if anything has closed or changed, please let me know.

Museums

Brookside Farm Museum
Little Boston Schoolhouse
Niantic Children’s Museum
Rocky Neck State Park Nature Center (Closed)
Samuel Smith Farmstead
Thomas Lee House

Hikes & Paddles

Explore Connecticut’s East Lyme Outdoor Guide

Rocky Neck State Park – Intro
Nehantic State Forest – Intro
Richard H. Goodwin Trail – Intro

Section TBD

East Lyme Land Trust – Intro

New England Forestry Foundation – Intro

Niantic River Headwaters Community Forest

Woodsmen Land Trust – Intro

Nehantic Nature Preserve

Lyme Land Conservation Trust – Intro

Lyme Corner Trails/Hartman Park

East Lyme’s Town Trails – Intro

(private)

Water Trails

Niantic River Estuary Trail

Food & Drink

Roadfood List: Clam Chowder at Flanders Fish Market
CT Ice Cream Trail: Gumdrops & Lollipops
CT Ice Cream Trail: Tommy D’s Craft Creamery
CT Beer Trail: Five Churches by the Bay (Does not brew)
CT Beer Trail: Niantic Public House
CT Beer Trail: Noble Jay Brewing Company (Closed)

Looking for your favorite restaurant? Here is an explanation as to why it’s not here.

Everything Else

Baker’s Cave
Toad Rock & Tony’s Nose
Mt. Ararat
Ellie Mitchell Pavilion
The Hole-in-the-Wall Beach Bridge
Latimer Brook Fishway
The Book Barn
Niantic Bay Shellfish Farm “Down & Dirty” Tour
J.W. Gorman’s Diving Horses (Gone)
Top 10 Fake CT Town: Flanders

East Lyme Wrap-Up

Completion Celebration Meal at TBD

Rocky Neck State Park’s Ellie Mitchell Pavilion