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West Suffield Mountain - Mountain in Hartford,Connecticut
Newgate Road
Hartford, Others
Connecticut, United-states - 06093
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Detailed description is West Suffield Mountain, est. 710ft, is a traprock mountain ridge located between the Berkshires and the Connecticut River Valley in north-central Connecticut. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, Connecticut, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. West Suffield Mountain is known for its scenic ledges and woodlands, unique microclimate ecosystems, and rare plant communities. It is traversed by the 51mi Metacomet Trail, and the 110mi Metacomet-Monadnock Trail begins at the northern foot of West Suffield Mountain.GeographyThe West Suffield Mountain ridgeline rises steeply between 250and above the Connecticut River Valley to the east, with a high point of above sea level. A prominent landscape feature, it is roughly 4 miles (6 km) long by 1 mile (1ยฝ km) wide at its widest point, although the steepness of the terrain makes the actual square mileage much larger.The West Suffield Mountain ridgeline extends south from the Connecticut border in the hamlet of Rising Corner to the pass between it and Peak Mountain on the Suffield/East Granby border. It lies entirely within the town of Suffield. The Metacomet Ridge, of which West Suffield Mountain is part, continues north as Provin Mountain and south as Peak Mountain. The northwest side of West Suffield Mountain drains into Congamond Lake, thence to the Westfield River, then to the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound; the south and west sides drain into Salmon Brook, then to the Farmington River, then to the Connecticut River. The east side drains into the Connecticut River.
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