Detailed description is The Haystack Mountain Tower is a stone observation tower at the summit of 1716ft Haystack Mountain in Haystack Mountain State Park, Norfolk, Connecticut. Built in 1929, it and the land on which it stands were donated by Ellen Battell Stoeckel. It provides views of three states and Long Island Sound. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.Description and historyHaystack Mountain State Park is located just north of the village center of Norfolk, with its main access road, Stoeckel Drive, beginning on Connecticut Route 272. The road leads to the summit of Haystack Mountain, where the tower stands. It is about 50ft in height and 22ft in diameter, and is built primarily of dark grey granite that was quarried at the site. The stone is randomly laid, with deeply recessed mortaring. The interior has concrete steps leading upward to intermediate lands, with wooden stairs leading from the second landing up to a metal observation platform, which is set under a conical roof. The elevation of the second landing is indicated on the exterior by a stone string course. The observation area has eight openings providing views in all directions. With clear weather, areas in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut are visible, with views as far south as Long Island Sound possible.
Established in the recent years Haystack Mountain Tower in litchfield, connecticut in united-states.
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