Regicides Trail, New Haven

Name: Regicides Trail
Address: New Haven, United States

#71 among attractions in New Haven

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Regicides Trail is a Blue-Blazed hiking trail, about 7 miles long, roughly following the edge of a diabase, or traprock, cliff northwest of New Haven, Connecticut. It is named for two regicides, Edward Whalley and his son-in-law William Goffe, who signed the death warrant of King Charles I of England. Upon the restoration of Charles II to the throne and the persecution of the regicides, the pair hid in Judges Cave near the south end of the trail in 1660. The Regicides is widely known to be one of the most technical trails within the CT Blue-Blazed trail system. ()

Length: 7 miMaximum elevation: 680 ftMinimal elevation: 380 ftCoordinates: 41°22'22"N, 72°58'11"W

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Regicides Trail – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: New Haven Country Club, Hamden Memorial Town Hall, Whitneyville Congregational Church, West Rock Ridge State Park.

3.6 miSE
Golf
New Haven Country Club, New Haven
93 min walk • New Haven Country Club is a private country club located in Hamden, Connecticut. Founded in 1898 NHCC is one of the oldest golf courses in America.
3.6 miE
City hall, Neoclassical architecture, Colonial revival architecture
Hamden Memorial Town Hall, Hamden
92 min walk • The Hamden Memorial Town Hall houses the municipal offices of the town of Hamden, Connecticut, and serves as a memorial to its military service people. Located at junction of Dixwell and Whitney Avenues and completed in 1924, it is a prominent local example of Colonial and Classical Revival architecture.
3.5 miSE
Church, Greek Revival architecture
Whitneyville Congregational Church, Hamden
89 min walk • The Whitneyville Congregational Church, now the Whitneyville United Church of Christ, is a historic Congregational Church at 1247-1253 Whitney Avenue in the Whitneyville section of Hamden, Connecticut. The congregation is now affiliated with the United Church of Christ.
0.5 miSE
Park
West Rock Ridge State Park, New Haven
14 min walk • West Rock Ridge State Park is a public recreation area located in New Haven, Hamden, and Woodbridge, Connecticut. The state park is named for the 400-to-700-foot trap rock West Rock Ridge, which is part of the Metacomet Ridge extending from Long Island Sound to the Vermont border.
3.5 miSE
41°19'42"N • 72°56'20"W
Friends of Beaver Pond Park, New Haven
89 min walk • Park
3.5 miSE
Park
Edgerton, New Haven
89 min walk • Edgerton Park, also known as the Frederick F. Brewster Estate, is a 20-acre public park on Whitney Avenue, straddling the New Haven–Hamden town line in Connecticut. It is site of the demolished Victorian home of Eli Whitney II, known as "Ivy Nook". In 1909, it became the estate of industrialist Frederick F.
2 miSE
Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Alphonso Johnson House, Hamden
51 min walk • The Alphonso Johnson House is a historic house at 1 Gilbert Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut. Built in 1859, it is one of the town's few 19th-century brick houses, and a distinctive example of transitional Greek Revival-Italianate architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
3.3 miSE
Greek Revival architecture
Pistol Factory Dwelling, Hamden
85 min walk • The Pistol Factory Dwelling is a historic house at 1322 Whitney Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut. Built in 1845 and enlarged before 1860, it is an unusual example of a Greek Revival worker's boarding house, built by Eli Whitney II to house workers at his nearby pistol factory.
2.6 miSE
Neoclassical architecture
Hamden Bank & Trust Building, New Haven
66 min walk • The Hamden Bank & Trust Building is a historic commercial building at 1 Circular Drive in Hamden, Connecticut. Built in 1927, it is a fine local example of Classical Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Used as a bank for many years, it now houses professional offices.
3.1 miS
41°19'40"N • 72°57'42"W
Beecher Park, New Haven
80 min walk • Park
3.6 miSE
Neighbourhood, Colonial revival architecture
Beaver Hills Historic District, New Haven
92 min walk • The Beaver Hills Historic District is a 97-acre historic district in the Beaver Hills neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. In 1986, it included 235 contributing buildings.