College Woods
College Woods is a park in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. College Woods is situated nearby to the neighborhood Whitney Avenue Historic District, as well as near East Rock.Places of Interest
Highlights include East Rock and Worthington Hooker School.
East Rock
Peak
Photo: StAkAr Karnak, Public domain.
East Rock of south-central Connecticut, United States, with a high point of 366 feet, is a 1.4-mile long trap rock ridge located primarily in the neighborhood of East Rock on the north side of the city of New Haven.
Worthington Hooker School
School
Photo: Boredintheevening, CC0.
Worthington Hooker School is a public elementary and middle school in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the New Haven Public Schools district and is named after former Yale University professor and physician Dr.
East Rock Park
Park
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East Rock Park is a park in the city of New Haven and the town of Hamden, Connecticut, that is operated as a New Haven city park. The park surrounds and includes the mountainous ridge named East Rock and was developed with naturalistic landscaping.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitney Avenue Historic District and East Rock.
Whitney Avenue Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Doncram, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Whitney Avenue Historic District is a historic district in the East Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. It is a 203-acre district which included 1,084 contributing buildings when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
East Rock
Suburb
Photo: EmiriF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Rock is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, named for nearby East Rock, a prominent trap rock ridge. The area is home to a large group of Yale students, staff, and faculty, as well as many young professionals and families.
Prospect Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Emporostheoros, Public domain.
The Prospect Hill Historic District is an irregularly-shaped 185-acre historic district in New Haven, Connecticut. The district encompasses most of the residential portion of the Prospect Hill neighborhood.
College Woods
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.32592° or 41° 19′ 33″ northLongitude
-72.91078° or 72° 54′ 39″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
87H983GQ+9MOpenStreetMap ID
way 773006198OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
5284330
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