Gillette Castle State Park
Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam, CT 06423, USA
About
A 24-room stone castle perched 200 feet above the Connecticut River, built by actor William Gillette in the early 1900s with hiking trails, epic river views, and a history as eccentric as its creator. The Long Weekender says go early morning when the fog sits over the water and it feels like your own fairy tale... and pair it with a ride on the historic Chester-Hadlyme ferry, which runs April through November.