2 Best Sights in The Litchfield Hills, Connecticut

Quassy Amusement & Water Park

Families have been enjoying the rides here for more than a century. There are kiddie rides, family rides that mom and dad even enjoy, and thrill rides—more than two-dozen rides altogether—plus Splash Away Bay Water Park. The custom-designed Wooden Warrior roller coaster is rated one of the top 25 in the world.

The Glebe House Museum and Gertrude Jekyll Garden

This property in the center of town includes the large, antiques-filled, gambrel-roof Georgian Colonial home of Dr. Samuel Seabury—who, in 1783, was elected the first Episcopal bishop in the United States. The house, built in 1740, and its outstanding furniture collection comprise one of the earliest and most authentic house museums in the region. The garden was designed in the 1920s by renowned British horticulturist Gertrude Jekyll. Though small, it's a classic, old-fashioned, English-style garden and the only one of the three Jekyll-designed gardens in the United States that are still in existence.

Garden
49 Hollow Rd., Woodbury, Connecticut, 06798, USA
203-263–2855
www.glebehousemuseum.org
Sights Details
Rate Includes: $7, Museum closed Mon.–Thurs. and mid-Oct.–Apr.