Woodhaven Preserve

Woodhaven Preserve is a nature reserve in Town of Cheshire, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. Woodhaven Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Fox Hollow, as well as near Honeypot Glen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cheshire Correctional Institution and Manson Youth Institution.

Cheshire Correctional Institution

Prison

Cheshire Correctional Institution is a Connecticut Department of Correction state prison for men located in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut. The facility was built beginning in 1910, partly by the inmates of the Wethersfield State Prison, and opened in 1913 as the Cheshire Reformatory for male youths ages 16 to 24.

Manson Youth Institution

Prison

Manson Youth Institution is a Connecticut Department of Correction state prison for men under the age of 21. It is located in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut. Although it has a capacity of 679, it currently houses less than half that.

Peck Mountain

Peak

Peck Mountain of south-central Connecticut, 371 feet, is a traprock mountain ridge located in Cheshire, Connecticut. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meriden and Cheshire.

Meriden

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Meriden is a city in the Connecticut River Valley. Although not a major tourist destination, it does have an architecturally notable center.

Cheshire

Town

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Cheshire, is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. At the time of the 2020 census, the population of Cheshire was 28,733. The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region.