1. Rocky Hill–Glastonbury Ferry
City: Rocky Hill, CT
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Telephone: (860) 443-3856
Description: Also crossing the Connecticut River is the Rocky Hill–Glastonbury Ferry, connecting those two towns at Route 160. It is the oldest continuously operating ferry in the US. Dating back to 1655, the original ferry service was operated by local families and served as an important transportation route for the state. At one point the ferry was driven by true horsepower—a horse on a treadmill, which gave enough power for a crossing. Today the Holister III is steam-driven. The ferry operates May through Oct, 7 days a week, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fares are the same as they are for the Chester–Hadlyme Ferry. Note that this and the Chester–Hadlyme ferry are in danger of closing, and could be history by the time this guide is published.
2. Wfsb Tv-3
City: Rocky Hill, CT
Category: Media
Telephone: (860) 728-3333
Address: 33 Capital Blvd.
Description: WFSB Channel 3 is the CBS affiliate out of Hartford, with studios in Rocky Hill and a transmitter on Talcott Mountain in Avon. WFSB’s show Better Connecticut airs weekdays at 3 p.m. Eyewitness News airs from 4:30 to 7 a.m., and also at 5, 5:30, 6, and 11 p.m.
3. Connecticut Golfer Magazine
City: Rocky Hill, CT
Category: Media
Telephone: (860) 257-4171
Address: 35 Cold Spring Rd., Ste. 212
Description: Connecticut Golfer is published three times a year by the Connecticut State Golf Association. Golf-related topics are featured, including member club services, handicapping, course reviews, and profiles of top golfers in the state.
4. The Angry Olive
City: Rocky Hill, CT
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (860) 257-8402
Address: 1625 Silas Deane Hwy.
Description: This fun Italian bistro celebrates the often overlooked olive, and that’s a good thing. This delightful food has been keeping the Mediterranean hopping for thousands of years, and yet is somehow ignored on this side of the Atlantic, even by so-called Italian restaurants. Of course, they don’t just have olives. The seafood risotto has squid, shrimp, and cockles. Yes, cockles, that rare delicacy that also seems to missing from American Italian menus. The bar is a hip hangout, and the pizza is a popular dish (get one with olives, obviously). For dessert, the olive oil cake is interesting, dense and not too sweet. For a cocktail, try their Peach Bellini, almost as good as the one at Harry’s Bar in Venice, where the drink was invented.
5. Dinosaur State Park
City: Rocky Hill, CT
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (860) 529-8423
Address: 400 West St.
Description: It’s not often you get to see 500 dinosaur tracks in their original excavated setting, but that is what this unique state park offers. Including a nice boardwalk and nature trail through the wetlands where kids can pretend to search for dinosaurs, the park centers on a geodesic dome that protects the collection of tracks. What’s even better is that you can make your own plaster casts of the 16-inch-long tracks to take home. Although this is a quick stop off I-91 for most families, definitely make the time to complete this amazing project. Both kids and kids that never grew up will never tire of showing them off to the neighbors.