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This park is terrific. It's on the New Haven/Hamden line and is huge.
The park at winter time...
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This park is terrific. It's on the New Haven/Hamden line and is huge.
The park at winter time is usually transformed into a slide and sled park. Families come from all over to sled down the mountain that's nestled inside the park.
The park has a history of more than 100 years and even features an old home which is the current home of the care taker.
Perfect for picnics, the park has on-street parking which is usually very easy to find.
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Edgewood Park
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Playgrounds Parks & Trails
New Haven,
Connecticut 06501
(n/a) pub-licpark
Over in Westville is a lovely little park. It's got trails for wandering (or mountain biking),...
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Over in Westville is a lovely little park. It's got trails for wandering (or mountain biking), picnic tables in the sun or shade, some streams and ponds, and enough open fields for several independent games of soccer, wiffleball, rugby, or what have you. Near Ella T. Grasso, there's a playground with your typical swings and junglegyms, and the coolest fountain/concrete sculpture I've ever seen, meant for kids to splash in on hot summer days. On the other end of the park, near the Whalley/West Rock intersection, there are basketball courts with a nightly game, and a skateboard park (though, if you're a voyeur, I haven't actually seen the kids do much that's either impressive or life threatening).
If you're looking for a change of scenery for running your dog/child, come check it out. Otherwise, it's not worth a special trip if you're not nearby.
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West Rock Park
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Playgrounds Parks & Trails
New Haven,
Connecticut 06515
(203) 946-8027
Since my hubby wanted to check out the climbing face of West Rock (open to sport climbers, unlike...
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Since my hubby wanted to check out the climbing face of West Rock (open to sport climbers, unlike East Rock), we went for a hike this afternoon to see how easy the approach was, how safe, etc. It's not the most scenic hike I've ever been on - poison ivy is ridiculously omnipresent, and the rewarding view at the summit is of the Merrit Parkway if you don't know to keep going just a little further (unintuitively)...but it's a nice hike nonetheless, with a bubbling brook, plenty of shady/wooded trails, and enough rabbits in residence that we saw two on our half hour trek. Plenty of picnic benches, and we saw evidence of mountain bikes. Great for those looking for something new to do, particularly if East Rock is one of your standbys.
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