Wharton Brook State 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. The park is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. ()

Established: 1919 (105 years ago)Elevation: 66 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°25'31"N, 72°50'12"W

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Wharton Brook State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sleeping Giant, Sleeping Giant Golf course, Ireland's Great Hunger Museum, Toyota Oakdale Theatre.

2.8 miW
State park, Park
Sleeping Giant, Hamden
72 min walk • Sleeping Giant, is a rugged traprock mountain with a high point of 739 feet, located eight miles north of New Haven, Connecticut.
3.6 miW
41°26'5"N • 72°54'20"W
Sleeping Giant Golf course, Hamden
93 min walk • Golf
3.5 miSW
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Ireland's Great Hunger Museum, Hamden
89 min walk • Ireland's Great Hunger Museum was founded in 2012 in Hamden, Connecticut as part of Quinnipiac University to document and educate the public on the Irish Great Famine of 1845–1852, as well as its causes and consequences.
1.7 miN
Concerts and shows, Rock club, Music venue
Toyota Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford
44 min walk • The 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.
3.5 miW
Church
Mount Carmel Congregational Church and Parish House, Hamden
89 min walk • The Mount Carmel Congregational Church and Parish House is a historic church complex at 3280 and 3284 Whitney Avenue and 195 Sherman Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut. It consists of an 1840 Greek Revival church with a tetrastyle temple front portico, a 1911 Colonial Revival parish house, and a 1925 sexton's house.
3 miW
Universities and schools
Quinnipiac University, Hamden
77 min walk • Quinnipiac University School of Law is located in North Haven, Connecticut. It is one of Quinnipiac University's graduate schools.
2.3 miN
Cemetery
Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford
58 min walk • The Center Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Center Street in Wallingford, Connecticut. Established about 1670, it is the town's oldest cemetery, and the burial site for many of the city's civic and industrial leaders.
2.6 miNE
Concerts and shows
Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford
67 min walk • The Paul Mellon Arts Center is an arts building on the campus of Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut designed by architect I. M. Pei. The original design began in 1968 and the building was completed in 1972.
2.3 miN
41°27'29"N • 72°50'6"W
Wallingford Dog Park, Wallingford
58 min walk • Park
3.4 miSW
Colonial architecture
Elam Ives House, Hamden
87 min walk • The Elam Ives House is a historic house at 95 Ives Street in Hamden, Connecticut. Built in 1790, it is one of Hamden's oldest houses, and was home to the economically important Ives family, from whom the Ivesville area takes its name. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
2 miNE
Italianate architecture
Franklin Johnson House, Wallingford
51 min walk • The Franklin Johnson House is a historic house at 153 South Main Street in Wallingford, Connecticut. Built in 1866, it is a distinctive local example of Italianate architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Wharton Brook State Park

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Wharton Brook State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)