In fact the majority of the maritime businesses based at Mago Point are fishing charter companies, ranging from multiple staff and whole fleets to single vessels.īy our count there were five charter companies based here in summer 2019. Long Island Sound off Waterford is a prime deep sea fishing spot, and the place to go if you want to haul in some monster striped bass, blue fish, bonitos, strippers, blackfish and bream. Fishing Charters Source: TeodorLazarev / shutterstock Fishing This is a classic New England fish market, literally on the dock and serving comfort food like lobster rolls and deep-fried platters.įurther along you’ll come to Sunset Landing, specializing in sustainable food, be it vegan options or non-GMO, grass-fed beef, and also taking advantage of the knockout views of Long Island Sound. On the north side of the headland is the family-run Mago Point Marina, which is bordered by The Dock. There’s a cosy maritime atmosphere on the Niantic River at Mago Point where local businesses like seafood restaurants, a boat dealer, a package store and several fishing charter companies, all crowd the waterfront. Mago Point Source: dmcoxe / Flickr Mago Point The O’Neill also maintains Eugene O’Neill’s boyhood home in New London, the Monte Cristo Cottage.ĥ. In a spectacular location at Waterford Beach Park, the center has two indoor and two outdoor performance spaces.Īs an audience member what you’ll see is the bare bones of new, high-calibre works of performance art, without costumes or sets, in an intimate setting. O’Neill’s tally of leading programs includes the National Theater Music Conference, the National Playwrights Conference, the National Puppetry Conference, the National Critics Institute and the Cabaret & Performance Conference and the National Theater Institute. Thousands of new artists have passed through, and more than 1,000 new works have been launched right here, often on their way to Broadway. Named for the Nobel Prize-winning playwright, Eugene O’Neill, the center was established in 1964 and has had an immeasurable effect on American theater, pioneering concepts like stage readings and play development early in the production of new plays and musicals. This highly influential not-for-profit theater company has received two Tony Awards and the 2015 National Medal of Arts, presented by President Obama. Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Source: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD / Wikimedia | CC BY-SA 4.0 Eugene O’Neill Theater Center There are lifeguards are Waterford Beach Park between June and September, and the beach is equipped with wooden walkways, restrooms and a picnic area.Īs is common in Connecticut non-residents have to pay a higher rate ($20 on weekdays, $30 on weekends) to use the parking lot.ģ. The beach is in an undeveloped area, and tracking the shore are some of the most intact dunes to be found in the state, as well as a parcel of tidal marsh. One of the special things about this quarter-mile beach on Long Island Sound is that, unlike many on the Connecticut coast, it has never been altered by human hands. Waterford Beach Park Source: Lauramorrin / shutterstock Waterford Beach Park Let’s explore the best things to do in and around Waterford, Connecticut: 1. On Waterford’s south-western nook is Mago Point, a little waterfront community with a huddle of maritime businesses, and the port of departure for many a deep-sea fishing trip. Waterford is neighbored to the east by New London, placing high-quality attractions like the Lyman Allyn Art Museum within your grasp. Side-by-side on Long Island Sound there’s a rare natural beach, a stately Renaissance Revival mansion in formal gardens and the O’Neill, America’s foremost organization for the development of new works in theater and fresh creative voices. Named for the Irish city, the town of Waterford in New London County occupies a tab of land surrounded on three sides by water.
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