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Wallingford YRE
New Haven County
5/10k (3.1/6.2 mi)
January 15 - December 31, 2018
#1401
CLUB: Connecticut Vally Volkssport Club, AVA 784
AVA SPECIAL PROGRAM CLASSIFICATION(S):
- Bridges
- City Parks
- Ice Cream Parlors
- U.S. Post Offices
- Walk the USA A-Z
- Water Fountains
A AWARDS:
is a 3½” embroidered patch featuring a silversmith producing a spoon at one of the many silver
and pewter factories in Wallingford starting in the mid-1800s.
FEES: Everyone is welcome to participate in this event.
- "A" Award & IVV Credit$6.00
- "B" Award & IVV Credit $4.00
- IVV Credit $3.00
- Just walk free
TRAIL HIGHLIGHTS: Wallingford, established by farmers in 1670, is home to pewter and silver companies, an 1871 railroad station, Victorian architecture, a coed private boarding school Choate Rosemary Hall, and the Paul Mellon Arts Center, designed by Chinese-American architect I.M.Pei. Wallingford native, Lyman Hall was a signer of the Declaration of Independence (representing Georgia) and his gravestone is in the Center Cemetery. George Washington came here twice in the late 1700s. Some execellent restaurants are in the town center, and the Gouveia Vineyards are a few miles east of town.
Additional information about this town can be found online at: http://www.town.wallingford.ct.us/
TRAIL RATING:
2A, suitable for strollers but not wheelchairs, due to long hill.
START POINT LOCATION & HOURS:
YMCA, 81 So. Elm St., Wallingford. Tel.: 203-269-4497. Hours: M-F: 4:30am-9:30pm; Sat. 5am-6pm; Sun. 7am-5pm. Water
and rest rooms available. Note: YMCA will be closed the week before Labor Day.
DIRECTIONS:
From I-91N: Take exit 14 ("Woodhouse Ave") to Center St. Go left at end of ramp, straight thru
light to intersection of Woodhouse with Center, and turn left on Center St. (Rt. 150) to S. Elm. Turn left,
drive 1/4 mi. to YMCA at 81 So. Elm on right.
From I-91S: Take exit 14 to Center St. Go right on Center St.(Rt. 150) to S. Elm. Turn left and drive 1/4 mi. to
YMCA on right.
GPS Coordinates: 41° 27’ 3.8520” N 72° 49’ 1.7868” W
PARKING: YMCA parking lot and across street in Doolittle Park.
PETS: Must be leashed.
CONTACT: Eileen Anderson, 203-314-5401 eilande@comcast.net