Payne Whitney Gymnasium

The Payne Whitney Gymnasium is the gymnasium of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. One of the largest athletic facilities ever built, its twelve acres of interior space include a nine-story tower containing a third-floor swimming pool, fencing facilities, and a polo practice room.

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Type: Sports venue
Description: Gymnasium of Yale University
Address: 70 Tower Parkway, New Haven, CT 06511

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Christ Church.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Library

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The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut. It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Payne Whitney Gymnasium.

Christ Church

Church

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Christ Church, also known as Christ Church New Haven, is an Episcopal parish church at 70 Broadway in New Haven, Connecticut. Christ Church follows an Anglo-Catholic style of worship and has a strong focus on urban ministry. Christ Church is situated 800 feet south of Payne Whitney Gymnasium.

Grove Street Cemetery

Cemetery

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Grove Street Cemetery or Grove Street Burial Ground is a cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Surrounded by the Yale University campus, it was organized in 1796 as the New Haven Burying Ground and incorporated in October 1797 to replace the crowded burial ground on the New Haven Green. Grove Street Cemetery is situated 1,100 feet east of Payne Whitney Gymnasium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dixwell and Downtown New Haven.

Dixwell

Suburb

Dixwell is a neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. Named for Dixwell Avenue, the main thoroughfare of the neighborhood which in turn was named for regicide judge John Dixwell, it is situated generally northwest of and adjacent to Downtown New Haven.

Downtown New Haven

Neighborhood

Downtown New Haven is the neighborhood located in the heart of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. It is made up of the original nine squares laid out in 1638 to form New Haven, including the New Haven Green, and the immediate surrounding central business district, as well as a significant portion of the Yale University campus.

Hillhouse Avenue

Neighborhood

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Hillhouse Avenue is a Street in New Haven, Connecticut, famous for its many nineteenth century mansions, including the president's house at Yale University.

Payne Whitney Gymnasium

Categories: arena, building, recreation area, university building, and sports location
Location: Town of New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.31373° or 41° 18′ 49″ north

Longitude

-72.93102° or 72° 55′ 52″ west

Elevation

82 feet (25 metres)

Operator

Yale University

Open location code

87H98379+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 49602467

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=sports_centre

GeoNames ID

4840435

Wikidata ID

Q7156836

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