Sunnyside
Ghost town · Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut

Sunnyside is a ghost town in Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut. It is one of 6 former communities in Southeastern Connecticut County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 5th among the 9 Connecticut counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sunnyside as a historical populated place on the Norwich topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.5170° N, 72.0662° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Norwich |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 281 ft |
| Nearest living town | Norwich, CT |
| Distance to it | 2.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1931587 |
| Coordinates | 41.51704, -72.06619 |
What's there now
Sunnyside is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Norwich, CT (population 39,992), about 2.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 281 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Norwich & Worcester Covered Railroad Bridgecovered bridge · Southeastern Connecticut County · 0.7 mi
- Waterman Pointghost town · Southeastern Connecticut County · 0.7 mi
- Showtucketghost town · Southeastern Connecticut County · 3 mi
- Leffingwellghost town · Southeastern Connecticut County · 4 mi
- Maushantuxetghost town · Southeastern Connecticut County · 6 mi
- Dorrvilleghost town · Southeastern Connecticut County · 8.1 mi
- Mystic Seaport Lightlighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 11.9 mi
- New London Harbor Lightlighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 13.9 mi
- Avery Point Lightlighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 14 mi
- Grassy Hillghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 14.2 mi
- Morgan Point Lightlighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 14.4 mi
- Noank Light 5lighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 14.5 mi
Questions
Where is Sunnyside?
Sunnyside is in Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut, at 41.5170, -72.0662.
How many ghost towns are in Southeastern Connecticut County?
Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.