Mount Sanford (Connecticut)

Mount Sanford (Connecticut)
This article is about a mountain ridge in Connecticut. For other landforms by the same name, see Mount Sanford (disambiguation)
Sanford Mountain
Elevation est. 886 ft (270 m) ridge high point
Location
Location Bethany, Hamden, and Cheshire, Connecticut
Range Metacomet Ridge
Coordinates 41°27′42″N 72°56′55″W / 41.46167°N 72.94861°W / 41.46167; -72.94861
Geology
Type Fault-block; igneous
Age of rock 200 Ma
Climbing
Easiest route Quinnipiac Trail

Mount Sanford of south-central Connecticut, est. 886 feet (270 m), is the high point on a 2.25-mile (3.6 km) long traprock mountain ridge located 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the city of New Haven. Mount Sanford 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. The Metacomet Ridge continues north from Mount Sanford as Peck Mountain and south as Mad Mare Hill and West Rock Ridge.

Recreation and conservation

The ridgeline of Mount Sanford is traversed by the 23-mile (37 km) Quinnipiac Trail; the summit of the mountain lies within the Naugatuck State Forest.

References

  • Farnsworth, Elizabeth J. "Metacomet-Mattabesett Trail Natural Resource Assessment." 2004. PDF wefile cited November 1, 2007.
  • Connecticut Walk Book: A Trail Guide to the Connecticut Outdoors. 17th Edition. The Connecticut Forest and Park Association. Rockfall, Connecticut. Undated.
  • Raymo, Chet and Maureen E. Written in Stone: A Geologic History of the Northeastern United States. Globe Pequot, Chester, Connecticut, 1989.



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