Matthies Memorial Park

Matthies Memorial Park is a nature reserve in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. Matthies Memorial Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Pine Bridge, as well as near the town Oxford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beacon Falls station and Depot Street Bridge.

Beacon Falls station

Railway station

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Beacon Falls station is a commuter rail stop on the Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad system located in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. With just 14 daily passengers in 2018, the station is one of the least used stations in the entire Metro-North system.

Depot Street Bridge

Bridge

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The Depot Street Bridge is a historic bridge in Beacon Falls, Connecticut, carrying Depot Street over the Naugatuck River. Built in 1935 with federal jobs relief funds, it is one of a small number of surviving Parker through truss bridges in the state.

Seymour station

Railway station

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Seymour station is a commuter rail station on the Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad system located in Seymour, Connecticut. The station has one low-level side platform to the west of the single track, long enough for one door of one car to receive and discharge passengers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seymour and Oxford.

Seymour

Town

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Seymour is a town located in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. The population was 16,748 at the 2020 census.

Oxford

Town

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Oxford is a residential town located in western New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region.

Beacon Falls

Village

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Beacon Falls is a town in western New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region and is approximately six miles from Waterbury.

Matthies Memorial Park

Type: Nature reserve
Also known as: “Matthies Park”
Category: recreation area
Location: Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.4278° or 41° 25′ 40″ north

Longitude

-73.0882° or 73° 5′ 17″ west

Inception

1973

Operator

Town of Beacon Falls

Named after

Bernard H. Matthies

Open location code

87H8CWH6+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43437421

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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