2019 WATER TAXI FARES 2019 WATER TAXI SCHEDULE

Tickets and Season Passes Friday – Sunday & holidays may be purchased at ThamesRiverHeritagePark.org. from Memorial Day Weekend to September 15th Cash and credit cards also accepted on the Water Taxi. WATER TAXI HOURS: ADULTS Friday: noon – 10 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. Round Trip $10 Sunday & holidays: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. Historic Sites • Water Taxi • Boat Tours * CHILDREN 4-12 & ACTIVE MILITARY Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. the water taxi makes three ONE RIVER. A THOUSAND STO- Round Trip $5 stops each hour in a continuous hop on-hop off loop beginning and MAP & GUIDE CHILDREN 3 & UNDER FREE ending at Fort Trumbull.

ALL RIDES AFTER 6 P.M. ARE $5 BOARD FROM ANY LANDING: SEASON PASSES AVAILABLE FORT TRUMBULL STATE PARK Adult $50 Child $30 in New London: on the hour All Rides, All Season CITY PIER Passengers may disembark & re-board at each stop. in New London: 20 minutes after the hour Water Taxi runs rain or shine. Bicycles accommodated, space permitting. Rates subject to change without notice. THAMES RIVER LANDING *Active Military ID required. in Groton: 40 minutes after the hour

CHECK OUT OUR The first boat from Groton leaves at 11:40 a.m. on Fridays and 9:40 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. MERCHANDISE. Go to our site and click on TRHP Shop. The last stop at Fort Trumbull is 7 p.m. After 7 p.m. the water taxi runs between City Pier, New London and

Thames River Landing, Groton every 20 minutes beginning at 7:20

at City Pier. Go to Water Taxi Schedule on our site for more details.

The last taxi on Friday and Saturday:

Thames River Landing: 9 p.m. City Pier: 9:20 p.m.

The last taxi on Sunday & holidays:

Thames River Thames River Landing: 8:20 p.m. City Pier: 8:40 p.m.

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NEW THIS YEAR! SUBMARINES, BATTLEFIELDS & BETRAYERS

HOP ABOARD Nautilus, now berthed here as part of a museum. BOAT TOUR the Thames River Heritage Military Stories on the Thames Park Water Taxi and ride back in history. Ride You can imagine the river when it was home to the site of a Revolutionary War battle on to one of the nation’s largest 19th century For centuries our harbor has guarded the the Groton bank, where British troops whaling ports and think about the river Thames River and entry to Long Island massacred the young defenders in 1781, Sound, with Navy and Coast Guard that helped influence our nation’s only and explore this well preserved fort. Hop installations, the ship building industries Noble Prize winning playwright, Eugene that support them, as well as two forts that off the boat in New London, and walk to O’Neill, who spent his formative years on have seen battles, defeats and the birthplace the restored schoolhouse where patriot its shore. of the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine. Nathan Hale taught before he marched off From the vantage point of the river you‘ll into history. Or visit the 1678 Hempsted House And that is just the beginning. As we say, understand the strategic value of this storied waterway and region. to see where a widowed father of nine children man- ONE RIVER. A THOUSAND STORIES. aged to find time to chronicle daily life in a diary that The sites listed here are within walking distance or a For information and to purchase tickets go is now used as a primary source on Colonial America. to Boat Tours on our website. Information short drive from a water taxi landing. Site hours and about chartering our boats for private groups You’ll ride on the river that witnessed the birth of the admission fees vary. and events can also be found here. nuclear-powered navy, with the launch of the USS

NEW LONDON SITES 5 MONTE CRISTO COTTAGE 10BILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY America’s only Nobel Prize winning Built in 1890 in NEW LONDON’S HISTORIC playwright, Eugene O’Neill, lived an itinerant the Richardsonian WATERFRONT DISTRICT life but spent considerable time in his youth Romanesque style. The sword with which Colonel Ledyard was slain is bursting with delicious dining experiences. here, the setting for one of his best-known plays, Long Day’s Journey into Night. at the battle of Groton Heights is on Over 30 eateries populate this 26-block National permanent display. Register Historic District. Nathan Hale and 6 LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM Eugene O’Neill walked these streets. America’s Legacy of a whaling fortune, it graces the hill 11 AVERY-COPP HOUSE greatest architects left their mark on the overlooking the city and is known as a mini A Victorianized colonial buildings. For strollers, the city offers galleries, Metropolitan Museum of Art for the breadth of home furnished with what a major outdoor mural display, along with a its collection. the original inhabitants used daily. bronze historical frieze that depicts significant Enjoy tours by costumed guides. Other sites of interest in New London include the events on the river. Connecticut College 200+ acre Arboretum, the 12SUBVETS WWII NATIONAL U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Custom 1 NATHAN HALE SCHOOLHOUSE MEMORIAL EAST House Maritime Museum. The Connecticut patriot With a spectacular view of the Gold Nathan Hale taught in this Star Memorial Bridge, the memorial one-room schoolhouse from 1774 to GROTON SITES is dedicated to the 3,617 submariners 1775, just before he enlisted to fight in who lost their lives during WWII and the American Revolutionary War and GROTON BANK NATIONAL displays the sail of the USS Flasher. volunteered to spy on the British, the REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT only soldier to do so at the time. Home to some of the region’s most legendary sea captains. 13SUBMARINE FORCE MUSEUM & LIBRARY 2 GARDE ARTS CENTER 7 FORT GRISWOLD & USS NAUTILUS A restored 1920’s movie palace BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK You can hop aboard the world’s with an exotic Moroccan design. Occupies a vantage point 125 feet first nuclear submarine known for Today, it hosts theatre, concerts, movies, above the river. In 1781, it was the its explorations under the polar and community events. site of an infamous massacre as British troops ice. Her keel was laid by President under the turncoat Benedict Arnold attacked. Harry S.Truman at the Electric Boat Eighty-five of the 165 local defenders lost Shipyard in Groton in 1952. The 3 HEMPSTED HOUSES their lives on that September 6th, a loss Museum has the nation’s finest Two structures that survived the 1781 commemorated annually to this day. exhibits and collections of America’s burning of New London and where nine submarine heritage. Water Taxi generations of Hempsteds lived. 8 GROTON MONUMENT Landing coming in 2020. The first obelisk completed in the US. The battlefield, the Monument 14LEDGE LIGHT 4 FORT TRUMBULL STATE PARK House Museum and the monument itself are Built in the Second Empire/Colonial A massive granite fort built all part of the State Park. Revival style in 1909, it offers an in Egyptian Revival style interpretative center, gift shop and completed in 1852. Its ramparts offer a journey through the lighthouse’s spectacular views of the harbor. Its 9 EBENEZER AVERY HOUSE remarkable history. world-class visitor center contains a Sheltered the wounded after fascinating museum that depicts over the tragic Revolutionary War 225 years of military history. battle that took place at the nearby fort and remains a testament to the family that = At or within walking distance to Water Taxi Landing heroically took a stand here.