Welcome to the Towns of Lyme and Old Lyme!
These beautiful, rural towns in southeast Connecticut are located midway between New York City and Boston, but too far away for a daily commute. With a combined total population of around 10,000, they comprise a safe and friendly community, which is the focus of our coverage here at LymeLine.com.
Old Lyme is the larger by population of our two towns, and home to four of the five award-winning Lyme-Old Lyme Schools. The fifth school is in the Town of Lyme to the north, which is much larger by area and features rolling hills and woodlands.
Both Lyme and Old Lyme are bordered by the Connecticut River to their west while Old Lyme, which is situated at the eastern side of the mouth of the Connecticut River, meets Long Island Sound to its south.
Old Lyme is nick-named “The Home of American Impressionism” and art emanates at every corner. The nationally acclaimed Florence Griswold Museum is here, as is the Lyme Art Association — the oldest art association in the US — and the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts. There are also art galleries and studios, and sculpture grounds, historic homes galore, as well as the most photographed church in New England!
There are village shops to explore, which sell all kinds of treasures from fine jewelry to collectibles to hand-made chocolates. There is so much to enjoy with restaurants and inns, boardwalks and beaches, and rivers and parks.
It may seem like Lyme and Old Lyme are two sleepy, idyllic towns but rest assured there’s always something happening here … and we’ve been covering it all at LymeLine.com for the past 17 years and plan on continuing to do so for many more years to come!
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