Pine Quarry Conservation Area

Pine Quarry Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Town of East Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts. Pine Quarry Conservation Area is situated nearby to the town East Longmeadow, as well as near the hamlet Baptist Village.

Places of Interest

Highlights include First Congregational Church of East Longmeadow and Northern Correctional Institution.

First Congregational Church of East Longmeadow

Church

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

First Congregational Church of East Longmeadow is a historic church in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Built in 1828, it is the oldest church building in East Longmeadow, and houses its oldest congregation.

Northern Correctional Institution

Prison

Northern Correctional Institution was a high-security state prison in Somers, in the northern part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. Until its closure, the prison housed the state's male convicts serving long sentences for violent crimes; previously, it had also housed the death row for inmates before the abolition of the death penalty in Connecticut.

Osborn Correctional Institution

Prison

The Osborn Correctional Institution, formerly known as the Connecticut Correctional Institution – Somers, is a medium-security state prison that includes a high-security mental health unit for men of the Connecticut Department of Correction located in Somers, Connecticut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Longmeadow and Enfield Shakers Historic District.

East Longmeadow

Town

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East Longmeadow is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Pioneer Valley region of Western Massachusetts. It had a population of 16,430 at the 2020 census.

Enfield Shakers Historic District

Neighborhood

The Enfield Shakers Historic District encompasses some of the surviving remnants of a former Shaker community in Enfield, Connecticut. Founded in the 1780s, the Enfield Shaker community remained active until 1917.