Willimantic

Willimantic is a borough in Windham County, United States. It has had a mill city culture, like many other towns in the area, the mill was the center of town for a very long time.

Hartford: Take Interstate 84 to Exit 59 (signs should be saying "To Providence"), which then you take Interstate 384 to the end of the highway, which you take US 6 (signs should be saying "Willimantic, Providence"), which then you continue on US 6, until you go on Connecticut Route 66, which brings you to downtown Willimantic.
New London: Take either Interstate 395, or Connecticut Route 32 then Interstate 395, both will lead you into Norwich. Which then you take the Connecticut Route 2/32 West exit (Exit 13B), which then you take Exit 25, onto Route 32, which should lead you to South Windham/Willimantic.
Providence: Follow signs to US 6, then on US 6 until North Windham.

The Windham Region Transit District provides buses for the town, and the surrounding area.
Most of Willimantic's attractions is accessible by foot.

• Willimantic Textile & History Museum

  phone: +1 860-456-2178
  address: 411 Main Street (Route 66)
  This museum provides a look into Willimantic's textile past.

• Eastern Connecticut Railroad Museum

  phone: +1 860-456-9999
  address: 55 Bridge Street (Route 32)
  The museum is on the original site of the Columbia Junction Freight Yard. Vintage railroad buildings and a six-stall roundhouse reconstructed on the original foundation of the yard.

• Willimantic Whitewater Partnership

  phone: +1 860-456-8153
  address: 41 High Street
  You can soon ride on the Willimantic River, all the way down to the Shetucket River.

• Willimantic Footbridge

  address: 768 Main Street (Route 66)
  You are able to walk safely across the Willimantic River and the local coach yard to Route 32 on the other side.

• Bench Shop

  phone: +1 860-423-8331
  address: 786 Main Street (Route 66)
  A well-known local shop.

• Jewels Verne Jewelers

  phone: +1 860-456-3563
  address: 723 Main Street (Route 66)

• Cafémantic

  phone: +1 860-423-4243
  address: 948 Main Street (Route 66)
  A small plate restaurant for lunch and dinner, alcohol is available. Price: $, Type: American

• Willimantic Brewing Company

  phone: +1 860-423-6777 (Route 66)
  address: 967 Main Street
  A brewery that oprates inside a historic US Post Office, Price: $, Type: Pub.

• Best Western Storrs

  phone: +1-866-925-8648
  address: 123 Storrs Rd (Route 195), Mansfield
  Free WiFi, 87 rooms, $91-101.

• Passport Inn and Suites Chaplin

  phone: +1-888-950-5062
  address: 231 Willimantic Road (US 6), Chaplin
  24 rooms, $70-80.

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