On 1/19/15 6:03 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/19/2015 5:46 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/ouzk6dn

My favorite “mountain,” West Rock.

From Wikipedia:

West Rock of south-central Connecticut, with a high point of 700 feet
(213 m), is a 7-mile (11 km) long trap rock mountain ridge located on
the west side of New Haven. The ridge forms a continuous line of exposed
cliffs visible from metropolitan New Haven and points west. West Rock
Ridge is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from
Long Island Sound near New Haven, north through the Connecticut River
Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border.



Lots of recreational opportunities on or near the “the Rock,” as we kids
called it…sports fields at the base, lots of trails, a nature center,
and Judges Cave:

“In the 17th century, West Rock served as the hideout for Edward Whalley
and his son-in-law, Gen. William Goffe, two of the three "regicide
judges" whom New Haven honors by streets bearing their surnames
(41.313094°N 72.932920°W). They had fled England, anticipating
prosecution under King Charles II in the execution of his father Charles
I, to New Haven; the rock shelter hideout used by the two is now called
Judges Cave. The Regicides Trail is also named with this history in
mind.”







West Rock was a favorite "parking" spot until the cops chased you and
your date out.




West Rock was notorious for "Copus Interruptus." The Yale golf course
was a better bet. Best of all were the beaches behind Jimmies Restaurant
in Savin Rock, or the parking areas along the Milford beaches, for the
submarine races.

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