East Rock Park
A basalt cliff about 110 meters high on the north side of the city; from the summit monument you can overlook the Yale campus, downtown and Long Island Sound.
East Rock is a reddish-brown basalt ridge on the north side of New Haven, about 110 meters high, and the park covers roughly 170 hectares. The summit has a soldiers’ and sailors’ monument from 1887. The lookout overlooks the Yale campus, downtown and Long Island Sound, and sunsets and autumn foliage are especially beautiful. You can drive up the winding road from Ingalls Street (seasonally open), or hike from the base along the trail to the top in about 30–40 minutes. Below, along Mill River, there are picnic areas and a nature center.
Opening hours
Sunrise to sunset (summit road open seasonally)
Nearby sights
- Modern Apizza
- Yale Peabody Museum
- Grove Street Cemetery
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Wooster Square
- Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
- Sterling Memorial Library
- Sally's Apizza