Gillette Castle Interior & Visitor Center open daily 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Memorial Day - Labor Day, and weekends through Columbus Day. Ticket sales begin April 1, 2025.
Holiday Tours are held on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays from November 28 - December 21, 2025, every 15 minutes from 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Holiday Tour ticket sales begin September 2.
Advance purchase of tickets is highly recommended. Tickets are sold by the State, not the Friends.
Grounds are open daily, year-round, from 8 a.m. until sunset.
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The Annual Meeting is for members only; members will be emailed with the meeting details.
The Board meeting is open to board members only.
If you would like to join any of our committees or would like to attend any noted activity, please contact us.
If you are adding these meetings to your own calendar, they are generally scheduled as follows. Please confirm with the full list below, as meetings are occasionally rescheduled. We do our best to keep this listing current:
Board meets the first Wednesday of the month (board members only)
Programming Team meets the second Tuesday of the month, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Communications Committee meets the third Tuesday of most months, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
2025 CALENDAR
January
1st: First Day Hikes at Gillette Castle State Park, 10 am - 2pm
May:
3rd: Ferry Celebration 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. (Rain date May 4th, same time and location)
18th: Soft Opening of the Castle 1 - 3 p.m., Train Trail Guided Hikes 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
June:
7th: Connecticut Trails Day guided hikes, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
8th: Connecticut Trails Day guided hikes, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Book launch: Sherlock Holmes & Much More, by Doris E. Cook, 11 a.m.
14th: Gillette's restored steam train returns! 10a.m.
Train trail walks after the event, every 15 minutes from 10:45 - 11:30 a.m.
July:
Train Trail Hike - every Sunday in July, 12:30 p.m., weather permitting
August:
Train Trail Hike - every Sunday in August, 11 a.m., weather permitting
September:
Train Trail Hike - every Sunday in September, 11 a.m., weather permitting
October:
November:
Train Trail Hike - every Sunday in November, 11 a.m. weather permitting.
December: