West Rock Nature Center

West Rock Nature Center is a nature reserve in Town of New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. West Rock Nature Center is situated nearby to the neighborhood Pine Rock, as well as near the hamlet West Hills.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Albertus Magnus College and Yale Golf Course.

Albertus Magnus College

College

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Albertus Magnus College is a private Catholic university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1925 by the Dominican Sisters of St.

The Yale Golf Course, or Yale University Golf Course, is a golf course in New Haven, Connecticut, owned and operated by Yale University. The course is the varsity facility for the men's and women's Yale Golf Teams and hosts three collegiate invitational tournaments each year.

Yale Bowl

Stadium

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The Yale Bowl is a college football stadium located in New Haven, Connecticut, near the border with West Haven, about 1.5 miles west of the main campus of Yale University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Haven and Hamden.

New Haven

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New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 134,023 at the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in Connecticut and the largest in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, with the Greater New Haven metropolitan area having an estimated 577,000 residents.

Hamden

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Hamden is a suburb of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. Quinnipiac University has a significant impact on the town. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant". It had about 59,500 in 2025.

Woodbridge

Town

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Woodbridge is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 9,087 at the 2020 census.

West Rock Nature Center

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

41.3481° or 41° 20′ 53″ north

Longitude

-72.9644° or 72° 57′ 52″ west

Operator

City of New Haven

Open location code

87H982XP+76

OpenStreetMap ID

way 905258087

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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