Peck Mountain

Peck Mountain

Infobox Mountain
Name = Peck Mountain
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Elevation = convert|431|ft|m|0|lk=on ridge high point
Location = Cheshire, Connecticut
Range = Metacomet Ridge
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Coordinates = coord|41|31|18|N|72|55|15|W|type:mountain
Type = Fault-block; igneous
Age = 200 million yrs.
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Easiest route = trailless
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Peck Mountain of south-central Connecticut, convert|431|ft|m|0|lk=on, is a traprock mountain ridge located in Cheshire, Connecticut. It 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 south from Peck Mountain as Mount Sanford and north as a diminishing series of hills that extend into Southington, Connecticut.

References

* Farnsworth, Elizabeth J. (2004). " [http://www.mmmtrail.org/NaturalResourcesAssessmentFinal.pdf Metacomet-Mattabesett Trail Natural Resource Assessment."] Retrieved November 1, 2007.
* [http://www.cheshirelandtrust.org/ Cheshire Land Trust]
* [http://www.connix.com/~harry/twep.htm Traprock Wilderness Recovery Strategy]
* [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=41.52167&lon=-72.92084&s=25&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG Topozone.com]


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