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West Rock Ridge or West Rock of south-central Connecticut, with a high point of , is a long trap rock mountain ridge located on the west side of New Haven. The ridge forms a continuous line of exposed cliffs visible from metropolitan New Haven and points west. West Rock Ridge is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border.〔Farnsworth, Elizabeth J. ("Metacomet-Mattabesett Trail Natural Resource Assessment." ), 2004. PDF file. Cited Nov. 20, 2007.〕 West Rock Ridge is popular for recreation and known for its microclimate ecosystems, rare plant communities, and expansive views from cliffs that tower up to above the surrounding landscape.〔〔DeLorme Topo 6.0. Mapping Software. DeLorme, Yarmouth, Maine〕 The ridge is traversed by a network of hiking trails including the Regicides Trail and the southern terminus of the Quinnipiac Trail.〔Connecticut Walk West. 19th Edition. The Connecticut Forest and Park Association. Rockfall, Connecticut. 2006.〕 ==History== Judges' Cave and the Regicides Trail (which traverses the length of the ridge), receive their names from two judges Edward Whalley and his son-in-law William Goffe, who had signed the death warrant of Charles I of England in 1649. After the restoration of the monarchy with Charles II of England in 1660, the pair of regicides fled to the area to avoid arrest and hid in a boulder cave on the crest of the ridge intermittently over the summer of that year.〔 Other notable historic events include the portrayal of the ridge by 19th century landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church in 1849 and numerous paintings by George Henry Durrie. The General Assembly of the state of Connecticut established An Act Concerning West Rock Ridge State Park, which established the park when the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) purchased of land from the city of New Haven in 1975. This act gives the DEP the right of first refusal to purchase private land sold within the West Rock Ridge conservation area. The intent of the act is to allow the state to increase the size of the park, which is about .〔http://www.cga.ct.gov/2003/act/Pa/2003PA-00131-R00HB-05793-PA.htm〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「West Rock Ridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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