Whether business or pleasure brings you to the Shelton Courtyard by Marriott, you'll have an opportunity to enjoy leisure activities such as great museum tours, golfing, antiquing, theater, and shopping at our outlet malls... The hotel is located in the Naugatuck River Valley, an area rich in history and tradition. Beautiful state parks offer adventure and exercise including camping, swimming, biking, or even sailing on the Housatonic and Naugatuck Rivers. Annual celebrations include Shelton Day, Ansonia Day, Derby Summer Concerts and Beacon Falls Family Day. The celebrated New Haven Jazz festival takes place in August and is only 14 miles away... Here is just a sampling of what's available in our area: Area Companies GE - 1/2 mi. Healthnet - 1 mi. Perkin Elmer - 1/2 mi. Pitney Bowes - 3 mi. Prudential - 1 mi. Sikorsky - 3 mi. Unilever - 2 mi. Area Attractions The Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, CT - 8 mi. Connecticut's Premier Sporting and Entertainment Venue! Bridgeport Bluefish - 8.5 mi. Connecticut's Semi-Professional Baseball Team Essex Steam Train, Essex, CT - 46 mi. All-day family fun! Foxwoods Resort & Casino - 63 mi. The World's Largest Casino Gilder Boat House in Derby - 5 mi. (Yale Annual Spring Crew Races on the Housatonic River) The Mohegan Sun Casino - 68 mi. New Haven Jazz Festival (August) - 14 mi. Regina A. Quick Center of the Arts - 13 mi. Located on the Fairfield University Campus World Class Antiquing in Ansonia, CT - 7 mi. Museums Barnum Museum - 8 mi. CT River Museum - 49 mi. Discovery Museum (this place is awesome!) - 9 mi. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History - 18 mi. Parks Boothe Memorial Park, Stratford, CT - 4 mi. Lighthouse Park and Carousel, New Haven, CT - 21 mi. Boasts a real carousel! Download Brochure Theaters Many local area theaters perform dinner theater and Shakespeare. Downtown Cabaret Theater - 9 mi. Long Wharf Theater - 16.5 mi. Playhouse on the Green - 14 mi. Shubert Performing Arts Center - 14 mi. Sterling Opera House, Derby, CT - 5 mi. Yale Repertory Theater - 14 mi. Sports & Recreation Bridgeport Bluefish Minor League Baseball - 9 mi. Bridgeport Sound Tigers Minor League Hockey - 9 mi. Tennis Tournament: Annual Summer Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament New Haven, CT - 14 mi. (August) Yale/Harvard Games - 14 mi. Attracts 50,000 each year Golf Great River Golf Club, Milford, CT - 7 mi. #1 Course in CT (CT Golfer) Best Upscale Public Course on the East Coast (Golf Digest) Grassy Hill Country Club, Orange CT - 9.2 mi. Laurel View Golf Course, Hamden, CT - 18.7 mi. Tashua Knolls, Trumbull, CT - 10.1 mi. Whitney Farms, Monroe, CT - 10.5 mi. Colleges/Universities Fairfield University - 13 mi. Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT - 8.2 mi. Southern CT State University, New Haven, CT 13.9 mi. University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT - 8.9 mi. Yale University - 14 mi. Malls & Shopping Westfield Shopping Park in Trumbull, CT - 19 mi. Yale Art Gallery and great shopping!    Downtown New Haven - 14 mi. Transportation: Airports Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks    (Hartford), CT - 62 mi. John F. Kennedy International Airport - 70 mi. (1 hr. plus) LaGuardia Airport, New York City, NY - 57 mi. (1 hr. plus) Sikorsky Memorial, Stratford, CT - 9 mi. Tweed Airport, New Haven, CT - 13 mi. Transportation: Trains, Buses & Ride Sharing Metro North Train Service (800) METRO-INFO Amtrak (800) 872-7245 CT Transit Bus Information (203) 624-0151 Valley Transit District Dispatch Bus and Ride Info (203) 735-6408 MetroPool Ride Sharing (800) FINDRIDE Rideworks