Rocky Hill, Connecticut CT Hotels/Motels/Lodging

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Rocky Hill is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States with a population of 17,966 as of the 2000 census. Rocky Hill was part of Wethersfield, the neighboring town to the north, until it was indepedently incorporated in 1849.

Rocky Hill is a typical bedroom community as many residents commute to work in the larger urban centers of Hartford to the north and New Haven to the south.

Points of Interest:

The Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry to Glastonbury which is purported to be the nation's oldest continuously running ferry (though it closes every winter due to ice)


Dinosaur State Park, which displays fossilized dinosaur footprints discovered in Rocky Hill in the 1960s

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.7 km² (13.8 mi²). 34.8 km² (13.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (2.54%) is water.

Bordering Rocky Hill to the north is Wethersfield, with Newington to the north-west, Berlin to the south-west, and Cromwell to the south. The Connecticut River forms the eastern border. I-91 runs through the town with exits at the two main local highways, Route 3 at exit 23 and Route 99 at exit 24. Route 3 travels from Cromwell through Rocky Hill into Wethersfield, eventually crossing the Connecticut River into Glastonbury. The north-south Route 99 parallels the Connecticut River for the length of town.

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