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.
Milldale
Village
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Milldale is a neighborhood in the incorporated town of Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
Woodhaven Preserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Town of Cheshire, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.5262° or 41° 31′ 34″ northLongitude
-72.8752° or 72° 52′ 31″ westOperator
Cheshire Land TrustOpen location code
87H9G4GF+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1208944716OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fox Hollow and Honeypot Glen.
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