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Weekend in Bethel

The avenue and a film on Saturday, dinner and a hotel on Stony Hill Road, and Huntington State Park on Sunday morning.

7Places
17Min on foot
31Min by car

Greenwood AvenueStony HillHuntington State Park

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P.T. Barnum Square, a small triangular park with paved paths, benches and mature trees
Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0

  1. Saturday

    P. T. Barnum Square

    Parks & OutdoorsGreenwood Avenue

    A small triangular park laid out in 1881 as Fountain Place, renamed for the showman in 1928, with Ernest Moore Viquesney's bronze Doughboy at its center.

    P.T. Barnum Square, a small triangular park with paved paths, benches and mature trees
    P.T. Barnum Square, a small triangular park with paved paths, benches and mature trees.Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0

  2. Walk 700 ft, about 3 min via Greenwood Avenue

    Walking directions to Byrd's Books

  3. Byrd's Books

    Arts & Culture178 Greenwood AvenueGreenwood Avenue

    An independent bookstore in an Italianate building from about 1860.

    Call 203-730-2973

  4. Walk 150 ft, about 1 min via Greenwood Avenue

    Walking directions to Dr. Mike's Ice Cream Shop

  5. Dr. Mike's Ice Cream Shop

    Dining158 Greenwood AvenueGreenwood Avenue

    Ice cream in a Greek Revival building from about 1845.

    Hours Sunday–Thursday, noon–9 pm; Friday–Saturday, noon–10 pm. Check holiday and weather changes. Call 203-792-4388

    The carved sign inside Dr. Mike's Ice Cream Shop, a wooden hand holding a cone above a gilded name board
    The carved sign inside Dr. Mike's Ice Cream Shop, a wooden hand holding a cone above a gilded name board.Brianegge · CC0

  6. Walk 0.5 mi, about 11 min via Greenwood Avenue

    Walking directions to Greenwood Features

  7. Saturday evening

    Greenwood Features

    Arts & Culture269 Greenwood AvenueGreenwood Avenue

    An independent movie theater at the top of the avenue.

    Hours Thursday–Sunday, noon to the last showing. Check current showtimes. Call 475-256-1130

  8. Drive 4.2 mi, about 12 min via Greenwood Avenue, Grassy Plain Street, South Street

    Driving directions to Avocado Mexican Restaurant

  9. Dinner

    Avocado Mexican Restaurant

    Dining10 Stony Hill RoadStony Hill

  10. Walk 560 ft, about 2 min via Stony Hill Road

    Walking directions to Best Western

  11. Overnight

    Best Western

    Stay11 Stony Hill RoadStony Hill

  12. Drive 7.2 mi, about 19 min via Stony Hill Road, Old Hawleyville Road, Dodgingtown Road

    Driving directions to Collis P. Huntington State Park

  13. Sunday morning

    Collis P. Huntington State Park

    Parks & Outdoors9 Dodgingtown RoadHuntington State Park

    1,017 acres of fields, woods, five ponds and ten miles of trails across Redding, Bethel and Newtown, with Anna Hyatt Huntington's bear and wolf sculptures at the entrance. Free, open daily 8 a.m. to sunset, dogs on a leash.

    A gravel trail running down through meadow grass to a pond ringed by woods at Huntington State Park
    A gravel trail running down through meadow grass to a pond ringed by woods at Huntington State Park.AskJoanne · CC BY 3.0

Hours change by season, so check with each place before you set out. Drive times are estimates.

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Date Night in Bethel

Browse Byrd's Books, get coffee at Molten Java, then see a movie at Greenwood Features.

3Places
10Min on foot

The Square to the State Park

Coffee and books on Greenwood Avenue, pizza on the Square, an afternoon at Huntington State Park, and dinner at the Sycamore Drive-In.

6Places
7Min on foot
24Min by car

Books, a Film & Ice Cream

Browse Byrd's Books, catch a film at Greenwood Features and finish with a scoop at Dr. Mike's. Pick a showtime first, then check the shops' hours to fit the three together.

3Places
21Min on foot