East Rock Park
East Rock Park is in Town of New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. East Rock Park is situated nearby to East Rock Road Bridge, as well as near St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include East Rock and Eli Whitney Museum.
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.
Eli Whitney Museum
Museum
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The Eli Whitney Museum, in Hamden, Connecticut, is an experimental learning workshop for students, teachers, and families. The museum's main building is located on a portion of the Eli Whitney Gun Factory site, a gun factory erected by Eli Whitney in 1798. Eli Whitney Museum is situated 2,000 feet north of East Rock Park.
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 Prospect Hill Historic District.
Whitney Avenue Historic District
Neighborhood
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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.
Prospect Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
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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.
Prospect Hill
Neighborhood
Prospect Hill is a neighborhood of the city of New Haven, Connecticut located in the north central portion of the city, directly north of Downtown New Haven.
East Rock Park
- Type: Map
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Town of New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.33038° or 41° 19′ 49″ northLongitude
-72.91019° or 72° 54′ 37″ westOpen location code
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