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Cathedral Pines is a 42-acre (17 ha) nature preserve owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy [1] in Cornwall, Connecticut.It is an old-growth white pine and hemlock forest which had been donated in 1967 by the Calhoun family who had purchased it in 1883 to prevent logging.
Parks within Middle Island include, Cathedral Pines County Park [12] (formerly a Boy Scout camp) and the adjacent Prosser Pines Nature Preserve. [13] Middle Island is surrounded by three public golf courses; Middle Island Country Club and Spring Lake Golf Club are both within Middle Island; Mill Pond Golf Course is just to the south, in Yaphank.
There are four dams on the upper river at Upper Mill Pond, Lower Mill Pond, Southaven County Park, and the Sunrise Highway. Adjoining the river is the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge . The river formed the western boundary of the massive Manor St. George under William "Tangier" Smith who in the 17th century owned most of modern-day Brookhaven ...
Cathedral State Park is the largest virgin timber tract remaining in West Virginia. The park features trees of up to 90 feet in height and 16 feet in circumference. [ 4 ] Located on 132 acres (53 ha) [ 2 ] about one mile (1.6 km) east of the town of Aurora and five miles west of Redhouse, Maryland , Cathedral is a mixed forest of predominantly ...
County Route 24 was an unsigned county highway extending from CR 21 (Yaphank–Middle Island Road) in the community of Middle Island to CR 46 (William Floyd Parkway) in Upton. CR 24, designated Longwood Road, also served Cathedral Pines County Park at its western terminus.
Wharton Brook State Park is a public recreation area located off U.S. Route 5 in the towns of North Haven and Wallingford, Connecticut. [3] Activities in the 96-acre (39 ha) state park center on Allen Brook Pond, a 5-acre (2.0 ha) pond that empties into Wharton Brook. [ 4 ]
Bolton Notch State Park is a public, protected recreation area located at the junction of U.S. Route 44 and U.S. Route 6 in the town of Bolton, Connecticut. The site forms part of the boundary between the Thames River and Connecticut River watersheds. [3] The state park's 95 acres (38 ha) offer opportunities for hiking, climbing, and cave ...
Selden Neck State Park is located on Selden Island, and is not actually a neck or peninsula. It is located on the east side of the Connecticut River south of Gillette Castle State Park, and is separated from the mainland by Selden Creek, land owned by the Nature Conservancy. The roughly lozenge-shaped island is about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) at its ...