Parque estatal
Lovers Leap State Park
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Approx 15 mins from the lake house. Lovers Leap is a walk-in park with hiking trails, scenic vistas and historic ruins. The 160 acre park is pided into three sections, each featuring a different appreciation for the park history.
Naturalistic park with walking trails leading past century-old industrial ruins.
Trails through the park will lead the walker through centuries of land-use history. Heading northeast from the parking lot the trail utilizes the 1895 Berlin Iron Bridge, one of five remaining in Connecticut, to cross the Housatonic River. Across the bridge the Lovers Leap Trail heads southeast 1,200 feet to the rock formation that gives the park its name. From here, tradition has it, that the Pootatuck Indian Chief Waramaug’s daughter, Princess Lillinonah, and her lover plunged to their deaths.
Trails through the park will lead the walker through centuries of land-use history. Heading northeast from the parking lot the trail utilizes the 1895 Berlin Iron Bridge, one of five remaining in Connecticut, to cross the Housatonic River. Across the bridge the Lovers Leap Trail heads southeast 1,20…
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Ubicación
178 Short Woods Road
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