OT- Prettiest spot in CT.

[ctchamps]

What's West Rock like these days? Had some nice day and night time experiences at that place a long time ago.

 

[pnow15]

Beinecke at Yale is a must see. And of course Peabody with the dinosaurs skeletons. As a kid I thought it was the neatest place on the planet.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Off the top of my head:

• The top of Sleeping Giant (not the 'castle') facing New Haven;
• Thimble Islands in Branford;
• Bear Mountain pyramid look-out over NE CT;
• I am a sucker for urban environments, so Chapel Street in New Haven;
• Yale's "college" campuses (the inward facing city blocks);
  
• The Hartford reservoir system (West Hartford and maybe part of Avon...never know where I am on a long hike off the main path);
• Bushnell Park (when it is used for concerts and such...it has a really nice lay-out for an urban park);
• A few miles up the Connecticut River inlet, towards Lyme;
• The look-out tower on the Mashantucket museum (or the top of the hotels out there);

 

[dogpause]

Soon enough, the Boneyard will be able to publish a tourist's guide to CT.

Then we'll all want your video of it. Keep up the great work, and thanks.

 

[huskyrob1]

Kent Falls in CT, the waterfall at Indian Well State Park in Shelton, Saugatuck Reservoir in Weston, and the rafters of Gampel Pavillion in Storrs.

Actually the Saugatuck Dam has Devils Glen right below it, which is nice and is loaded with trout when the state stocks it in the spring, however when the dam was built in 1942 by BHC to create Saugatuck Reservoir, year round consistent water flow downstream was decreased which destroyed wild trout populations in Devils Glen and farther downstream. There were a couple much smaller dams with water wheels powering small factories in the area as well. Also, most people do not know this but the dam and reservoir itself while quite a feat, put underwater, maybe the most beautiful stretch of cascades, falls, and deep pools in the state. If the BHC never buys all that land and builds that dam the area would no doubt be one of the most beautiful state parks in the northeast today. I talked to some old timers and trout fisherman at the reservoir years ago that told me how beautiful it was. Basically Devils Glen went way up (about a mile or so) beyond the where the dam is now. I've researched it and found many old photos..... I'll post some when I can upload some to the cloud.

 

[Jaker]

Anywhere in the NW corner.

 

[Horatio]

The view of New Haven from atop East Rock Park.
The oven at Pepe's pizza
George Clinton and the Mothership at the New Haven coliseum

 

[John]

Anywhere in the NW corner.

we go to Lime Rock and I just marvel at the drive through that part of the State. I imagine that's the way the State must have looked in the 30s/40s/50s.

 

[Jaker]

we go to Lime Rock and I just marvel at the drive through that part of the State. I imagine that's the way the State must have looked in the 30s/40s/50s.

Drive some of the back roads around Salisbury or Lakeville, some pretty cool places.

 

[August_West]

The view of New Haven from atop East Rock Park.
The oven at Pepe's pizza
George Clinton and the Mothership at the New Haven coliseum

A solid list. Unfortunately number 3 no longer viewable.

 

[Jaker]

My father was one of the GC's that helped build Lime Rock Park, so we use to go tot he races all the time.

 

[cohenzone]

Sleeping Giant State Park - Right next to Quinnipiac U, great views from the top to LI Sound.

 

[mauconnfan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heublein_Tower#mediaviewer/File:Hartford_seen_from_Heublein_Tower.jpg

Heublein isn't too bad but I'm all in the driving around that corner and seeing the beauty of Savine Dam in Barkhamstead...........so natural. And it's on my way from WesMass to Fairview Farms in Harwinton to play golf and where they have some wonderful views. The other golf course with some spectacular views is Quarry Ridge!

 

[puppygenius]

Just drive Rt. 15 in Autumn from beginning to end. the Merritt Parkway is truly beautiful scenery on a Fall afternoon.

 

[cohenzone]

Just drive Rt. 15 in Autumn from beginning to end. the Merritt Parkway is truly beautiful scenery on a Fall afternoon.

Especially at rush hour when you actually have to go slow enough to see it instead of dodging some 90 mph maniac on the road at other hours. Probably when BYrs are driving.

 

[uconnfan68]

Can't beleive no one mentioned Keney Park. Even had a BYC there.

 

[mjmoney23]

This picture doesn't do it justice, but the overlook from Mohawk State Forest is the best I have seen.