Newgate State Wildlife Area
Newgate State Wildlife Area is a park in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. Newgate State Wildlife Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Hungary, as well as near the neighborhood Granby Center Historic District.Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Newgate Prison and Peak Mountain.
Old Newgate Prison
Prison
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Old New-Gate Prison is a former prison and mine site on New-Gate Road in East Granby, Connecticut. It is now operated by the state of Connecticut as the Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine Archaeological Preserve.
Peak Mountain
Peak
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Peak Mountain, also called Copper Mountain, est. 730 feet, is a traprock mountain located in East Granby, Connecticut, 6 miles south of the Massachusetts border and 6 miles west of the Connecticut River.
Viets’ Tavern
Building
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Viets' Tavern is an 18th-century tavern on Newgate Road, directly across the street from the Old Newgate Prison State Historical Site in East Granby, Connecticut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Granby Center Historic District and Granby.
Granby Center Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Granby Center Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district encompassing a portion of the village of Granby Center in Granby, Connecticut.
Granby
Town
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Granby is a town in northern Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 10,903 at the 2020 census.
East Granby Historic District
Neighborhood
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The East Granby Historic District encompasses a predominantly rural and agricultural area of the town of East Granby, Connecticut. Extending northward from the town center and covering some two square miles, it includes one of the state's highest concentrations of surviving 18th and early 19th-century farmsteads, and a relatively little-altered landscape. East Granby Historic District is situated 2 miles southeast of Newgate State Wildlife Area.
Newgate State Wildlife Area
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.96065° or 41° 57′ 38″ northLongitude
-72.76148° or 72° 45′ 41″ westElevation
305 feet (93 metres)Open location code
87H9X66Q+7COpenStreetMap ID
node 359289919OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
“Newgate State Wildlife Area” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Newgate State Wildlife Area”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hungary and Windmill Springs.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ian Clark Preserve and Town Open Space (76 East Granby Road).
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