Conning Towers-Nautilus Park: Navy Housing Near the Thames
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park is a census-designated place in the town of Groton, New London County, with a population of about 8,834. The community consists largely of military housing associated with Naval Submarine Base New London, the U.S. Navy's primary East Coast submarine installation. Residences here serve active-duty personnel and their families stationed at the base or working at nearby General Dynamics Electric Boat.
The CDP takes its name from the submarine conning tower and the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, which was built at Electric Boat and launched from Groton in 1954. The Submarine Force Museum, home to the Nautilus as a museum ship, sits nearby on Crystal Lake Road. Daily life in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park revolves around the base's facilities, commissary, and family support services, though civilian shopping and dining options in Groton and New London are minutes away.
Route 12 and I-95 run through the broader Groton area, connecting residents to New London across the Thames River and to the casinos at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun to the north. The CDP sits in a landscape shaped entirely by the military presence that has defined Groton since the submarine base opened in 1868. Schools fall under the Groton public school system.
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Conning Towers-Nautilus Park is a census-designated place in the town of Groton, New London County, with a population of about 8,834. The community consists largely of military housing associated with Naval Submarine Base New London, the U.S. Navy's primary East Coast submarine installation. Residences here serve active-duty personnel and their families stationed at the base or working at nearby General Dynamics Electric Boat.
The CDP takes its name from the submarine conning tower and the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, which was built at Electric Boat and launched from Groton in 1954. The Submarine Force Museum, home to the Nautilus as a museum ship, sits nearby on Crystal Lake Road. Daily life in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park revolves around the base's facilities, commissary, and family support services, though civilian shopping and dining options in Groton and New London are minutes away.
Route 12 and I-95 run through the broader Groton area, connecting residents to New London across the Thames River and to the casinos at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun to the north. The CDP sits in a landscape shaped entirely by the military presence that has defined Groton since the submarine base opened in 1868. Schools fall under the Groton public school system.
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