Whether your interest is history, shopping, antiques, gambling, or sight-seeing-- it's all available within a short drive from the Shelter Harbor Inn. Drive to nearby Watch Hill, or venture a little farther away. Visit the web sites of some of the places listed below for more information .

Visit the Mystic Seaport, a world renowned maritime museum, just a short drive away. Founded in 1929, Mystic Seaport today is our country’s leading maritime museum, guardian of the largest collections of boats and sea-related photography in the world.

The new and expanded Mystic Marinelife Aquarium is bigger, better, and more exciting than ever before. The Aquarium is your unique window on our ocean planet. The remodeled and enlarged Aquarium has been designed to provide ease of movement and quality experience for large groups and special needs visitors.

Historic Newport , a spectacularly preserved colonial seaport, is thirty-two miles away. Visit the boat show, the Tennis Hall of Fame, the seaport homes downtown, or the magnificient "cottages" built by such illustrious industrialists as Vanderbilt and Astor. The mansions are open for tours much of the year.

Take the Block Island Ferry at Galilee. Have a day's outing to the delightful little island just offshore. Browse the many local antique shops for Early American antiques or interesting bric-a-brac. Or rent bikes or mopeds and tour Block Island. Stop at the lighthouse and climb to the top for a magnificant view. Watch the birds in the many fresh-water lakes on the island, visit one of the many famous restaurants on the island, or just sit on the beach.

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