Museums
Family FavoriteEli Whitney Museum & Workshop
No admission feeBuild a hands-on project with a museum apprentice on the site of Eli Whitney's 1798 armory, beside a waterfall and red covered bridge.
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Sports & Outdoors
West Rock Ridge State Park
A state park on a long trap rock ridge offering wide views over New Haven, the harbor, and Long Island Sound.
29 Main Street, Hamden/New Haven, CT 06518 · Hamden, CT
About West Rock Ridge State Park
West Rock Ridge State Park spans parts of New Haven, Hamden, and Woodbridge in Connecticut. Its ridge runs roughly six miles, with west-facing cliffs that reveal far-reaching scenery across the New Haven area and nearby towns. Visitors can drive to overlooks, hike the blue-blazed Regicides Trail, or ride mountain bikes on a network of park trails. Judges Cave, a colonial-era site tied to two regicides who hid there, is also within the park, along with Lake Wintergreen and a road that follows the ridge.
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