Quinnipiac Trail Junction in north, West Rock Ridge State Park South Overlook parking lot by pavilion in south
Use
Hiking, snowshoeing, geocaching
Highest point
Junction with Quinnipiac Trail on High Rock or York Mountain, 700 ft (210 m)
Lowest point
Wilbur Cross Parkway Tunnel Roof, 330 ft (100 m)
Difficulty
Moderate to Hard
Sights
New Haven, Woodbridge, Lake Watrous, Lake Dawson, Lake Wintergreen, Konolds Pond, Long Island Sound, Judges Cave
Hazards
Deer ticks, poison ivy, falling off cliff heights
Regicides Trail is a Blue-Blazed hiking trail, about 7 miles (11 km) long, roughly following the edge of a diabase, or traprock, cliff northwest of New Haven, Connecticut. It is named for two regicides, Edward Whalley and his son-in-law William Goffe, who signed the death warrant of King Charles I of England. Upon the restoration of Charles II to the throne and the persecution of the regicides, the pair hid in Judges Cave near the south end of the trail in 1660. The Regicides is widely known to be one of the most technical trails within the CT Blue-Blazed trail system.
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Colson, Ann T. (2006). Connecticut Walk Book West (19th edition). Connecticut Forest and Park Association. ISBN 0-9619052-6-3.
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