Editing Branford, Connecticut (section)

===Branford Hill===

Branford Hill sits on the western end of town and centers on the heavily commercialized strip of [[U.S. Route 1]]. Fast-food and sit-down restaurants, auto dealers, grocery stores, and several strip malls are located there. The more southern section features less dense areas with woodlands and farm featuring trails that the Branford Land Trust preserves that connect the Shoreline Greenway trail from New Haven to [[Madison, Connecticut|Madison]]. The northern section also features a less dense area with woodlands that surround [[Lake Saltonstall (Connecticut)|Lake Saltonstall]] which also feature trail systems maintained by the Regional Water Authority, as the Lake is a reservoir for Branford.

Branford Hill features many [[Condominium (living space)|condominium]] and [[apartment]] complexes. The original site of Connecticut Hospice (now the Monastery of the Glorious Cross—a semi-cloistered community of [[Benedictine]] nuns) is located in this area, on Burban Drive.  Also on Burban Drive is St. Elizabeth of Hungary [[Roman Catholic]] Church, which was originally located in Short Beach.