Hatchett Hill
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Hatchett Hill, est. 510 feet, is a trap rock ridge located in East Granby, Connecticut, 11 miles north-northwest of Hartford, Connecticut. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends
Tariffville Gorge from Hatchett Hill
Talcott Mountain
Peak Mountain
Talcott Mountain
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Talcott Mountain is a 950-foot high point in central Connecticut, lying along a 13-mile trap rock ridge 6 miles west of the city of Hartford. A prominent landscape feature, the ridge forms a continuou
Hatchett Hill
…of 510 feet (160 m). Its southern end is cut with steep cliffs at the Tariffville Gorge where the Farmington River gouges out a chasm between it and Talcott Mountain to the south. Also notable is Marsh Pond, a glacial kettle pond nestled in the center of the ridge. From Hatchett Hill, the Metacomet Ridge continues…
Talcott Mountain cliffs from the Farmington River floodplain. Heublein Tower, top right.
Early Saxifrage sprouting in a trap rock ledge, Talcott Mountain
View of Hartford from Heublein Tower