Briar Ridge

Briar Ridge is a nature reserve in Town of Wallingford, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Briar Ridge is situated nearby to the hamlet Quinnipiac, as well as near Clintonville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wharton Brook State Park and Toyota Oakdale Theatre.

Wharton Brook State Park

Park

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Wharton Brook State Park is a public recreation area located off U.S. Route 5 in the towns of North Haven and Wallingford, Connecticut. Activities in the 96-acre state park center on Allen Brook Pond, a 5-acre pond that empties into Wharton Brook.

Toyota Oakdale Theatre

Theater building

The Toyota Oakdale Theatre is a multi-purpose performance venue, located in Wallingford, Connecticut. Opened in 1954, the venue consists of an auditorium and domed theatre, known as The Dome at Oakdale.

Dag Hammarskjold Middle School

School building

Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, centrally located between New Haven and Hartford, and Boston and New York City. The town is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region and the New York Metropolitan Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wallingford and North Haven.

Wallingford

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North Haven

North Haven is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States on the outskirts of New Haven. The town is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region.

Pines Bridge Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Pines Bridge Historic District encompasses a historic industrial and commercial village in North Haven, Connecticut. Located just West of the Town Green and centered around the Broadway Bridge over the Quinnipiac River, the village developed first as a commercial hub around a 17th-century bridge at the site, and then as a small industrial village in the 19th century.

Briar Ridge

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of Wallingford, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.4189° or 41° 25′ 8″ north

Longitude

-72.826° or 72° 49′ 34″ west

Operator

Wallingford Land Trust

Open location code

87H9C59F+HH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43438321

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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