- Regicides Trail
Regicides Trail is a
hiking trail , about 7 miles (11 km) long, roughly following the edge of abasalt , or traprock,cliff northwest ofNew Haven ,Connecticut . It is named for two regicides,Edward Whalley and his son-in-lawWilliam Goffe , who signed the death warrant of KingCharles I of England . Upon the restoration of Charles II to the throne and the persecution of the regicides, the pair hid inJudges' Cave near the south end of the trail in 1660.The trail is a narrow footpath marked with blue blazes, sometimes rocky with difficult footing. It is roughly paralleled by Baldwin Drive, a paved road currently closed to motor vehicles, named for New Haven native
Simeon E. Baldwin ,governor of Connecticut from 1911 to 1915. The trail is within the towns of New Haven, Hamden, Woodbridge, and Bethany, and entirely withinWest Rock Ridge State Park , but is maintained by a private organization, theConnecticut Forest and Park Association . At its northern end, the Regicides Trail connects with theQuinnipiac Trail . Both trails are part of the state's system of "Blue Trail s" totalling over 700 miles.External links
* [http://dep.state.ct.us/stateparks/parks/westrock.htm Official West Rock Ridge State Park Web site]
* [http://www.ctwoodlands.org Connecticut Forest and Park Association]
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