New England Trail greenway proposal: New Haven area.
Description of proposed route from Lighthouse Point Park to West Rock Ridge

Note:
This is a proposed route only. Hikers wishing to follow the proposed route should plan on walking streets in those places where no trail route currently exists.  Bushwacks are possible in some trail-less areas that pass through publicly owned land, but are not recommended. Hikers should not cross into land posted as "no trespassing" or into the backyards of homes. 

Maps copyright:
All maps produced with DeLorme Topo 6.0 software. © 2006 DeLorme (www.delorme.com) Topo USAź Yarmouth, Maine.

Key
Solid Red= existing footway (trail or open field)
Dotted red= proposed footway through woodland or other greenspace
Blue=Proposed footway along streets
Yellow dotted=alternate route; proposed footway
Green==Other local trails
Gray dotted= Local trails under development

 

 

  
West Rock to Farmington Canal

From west to east:
--West Rock Ridge State Park
--Southern Connecticut University Campus (both sides of Farnham Ave & Fitch Street)
--Beaver Ponds Park
--Farmington Canal Bikeway/ East Coast Greenway
Farmington Canal to East Rock

 (marked in green; this section of the ECG not yet complete)

--Farmington Canal to Hamden ponds (Hamden ponds are a water department property; currently not open to public)
--East Border wooded water dept. buffer along Lake Whitney between lake & New Haven Country Club (not  open for hiking; private golf course) 
--West border along Lake Whitney
--Eli Whitney Museum (at south end of pond)

Alternate Route:
Mill Rock/Rochford Field area & related athletic fields.
--Water Authority property (bordering Armory Street)
--Edgerton Park
East Rock to Quinnipiac River

From west to east:
--Eli Whitney Museum (at south end of pond)
--East Rock Park
--Middletown Avenue green strip
--Route would pass under I-91 on highway buttress.

Quinnipiac River to Quarry Park Preserve:

North to south:

--Fargeorge Preserve/ Quinnipiac River estuary (A nature trail currently passes through half of the route; additional trail and boardwalks would be required to finish it. The route would pass beneath the highway on an existing concrete buttress platform).
--Fairmont Park
--Sunken railroad buffer greenstrip
--Quarry Park Preserve & related municipal land. (East Grand Ave to Warwick Street). A loop trail currently traverses the northern end of this park.
Quarry Park Preserve to East Shore Park

North to south:

--Reservoir Hill property (west of Burwell St.)
--Fort Wooster Park
--East Shore Park
East Shore Park to Lighthouse Point
North to south:
--East Shore Park
--Fort Nathan Hale
--Walk around Coast Guard station (use road)
--Black Rock/ Forbes Bluff
--Pardee Seawall Park
--Morris Cove beach. (The north end of the beach at Pardee Seawall is passable only in low tide; otherwise hikers must walk around via roads) 
--Morris Cove Beach 
--Lighthouse Point Park