![]() ![]() ![]() Mountain bikes are prohibited on trails.Ĭanoes and rowboats are permitted on the Mill River, but there are limited launching facilities. Trowbridge and English drives are closed to traffic and offer a scenic and peaceful way to the summit. One court in College Woods and two at Wilbur Cross High School, and a half court across from Rice Field.īicycles are allowed on all paved roads. The summit of East Rock Park now rises more than 350 feet above the floor of the Mill River valley at its base. As glacial action and the forces of weathering eroded away the softer sandstone, East Rock (and other traprock ridges such as West Rock) became more prominent. Dolerite is much more resistant to erosion than the surrounding sandstone. The molten rock cooled to form dolerite, also know as basalt or traprock. Molten rock from deep in the earth surged through stress cracks formed in the sandstone bedrock of the New Haven area. Put all trash in the provided barrels.Įast Rock was formed about 200 million years ago as the continents were in the process of moving away from each other. ![]()
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