10 Best Things to Do in Montville

Mohegan Sun is a massive casino resort where you'll find all sorts of games along with the ability to bet on horse and greyhound races and jai alai. Among the games offered, you'll find poker, blackjack, roulette, craps, keno, and Caribbean stud poker. Of course, plenty of slot machines are available as well. Additional features of this casino are quite impressive as well, like the Taughannick Falls Bar.

This indoor waterfall stretches 55 feet high and represents an important and dangerous crossing point during the Mohegan migration. You can see it all for yourself on the Mohegan Reservation just a few miles northeast of downtown.

Nature’s Art Village is an entertainment and shopping center where you'll find a variety of attractions including a dinosaur educational center, mini golf, and a museum. The Dinosaur Place is arguably the most popular part of the village offering 60 acres of fun with 50 life-sized dinosaur figures. You'll even find a mock erupting volcano.

The shopping opportunities here cover several categories. You'll find a jewelry store, a toy store, a bead store, and a mineral shop that sells stones and skeletal remains of dinosaurs. You'll find this village just a few miles to the southwest of Montville.

Casino of the Sky is an impressive ceiling above a casino that uses advanced technology to create a planetarium-like effect displaying the sun, moon, and stars across a domed ceiling. The light show is sure to impress every time you look up, while the games beneath the ceiling are notably varied.

Among the games, you'll find slots, poker, blackjack, and roulette. Of course, drinks are served to guests here as well. You can find this spectacle at the Mohegan Sun casino northeast of downtown Montville.

The Fort Shantok Archaeological District is home to the sacred ground of the Mohegan chief known as Uncas and was the principal Mohegan settlement during the 17th century. Officially a National Historic Landmark, this destination lets you explore the native land and learn more about their history and culture. When you visit, you can see the iconic Leffingwell Memorial.

This wigwam-shaped memorial features an inscription highlighting the brave stand of Uncas at the historic fort in the face of aggressors. You'll find this district a few miles northeast of downtown.

Bridge No. 1860, also known as the Samson Occom Bridge, is a stone-arch bridge dating back to 1936 that features impressive stonework. The bridge was built as a Works Progress Administration project and is still used today, carrying more than 1,100 vehicles across it each day.

As an official listing on the National Register of Historic Places, this bridge is remarkably well preserved with particularly appealing viewpoints available looking at it from the banks of the Shantok Brook. You'll find it northwest of town marking the entrance to the Mohegan Reservation.

The Mystic Seaport Museum is a comprehensive museum that hosts 4 National Historic Landmark vessels in addition to numerous other maritime artifacts to explore. Among the housed vessels, you'll find the Charles W. Morgan, the oldest commercial ship in America. It's also the last wooden whaleship in the world that's still in one piece.

Within the museum, you'll find a functional re-creation of a 19th-century coastal village that captures the past and puts it on display. This includes a working shipyard. You'll find it all about 20 minutes southeast of Montville.

The Submarine Force Library & Museum is a Navy-run museum showcasing submarine history and the USS Nautilus, which is fully open for exploration. The nuclear-powered Nautilus is the star of this museum, and you can learn all about it with a self-guided audio tour that takes about half an hour to complete.

In addition to the Nautilus, you'll find 33,000 artifacts showcasing submarine history, with most coming from the Cold War era. You'll find this museum southeast of Montville just across the Thames River.

The Fox Farm Brewery is known for its pristine beers ranging from pilsners to lagers and pale ales that you can try in their tasting room. The tasting room is housed in a barn-like building that is small enough to be welcoming and cozy without being overly crowded.

The beers are frequently heralded for their quality and variety. You can find several India pale ales and American pale ales along with a smoked lager and a brown ale among others. The brewery is located in Salem about 15 minutes west of Montville.