Metacomet Trail
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The Metacomet Trail is a 62.7-mile Blue-Blazed hiking trail that traverses the Metacomet Ridge of central Connecticut as part of the New England National Scenic Trail. Despite being easily accessible
Blue-blazes mark the Metacomet Trail
Tariffville Gorge from Hatchet Hill
Ragged Mountain summit
Chestnut Oak
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
Metacomet Trail
…features include waterfalls, dramatic cliff faces, woodlands, swamps, lakes, river flood plain, farmland, significant historic sites, and the summits of Talcott Mountain and the Hanging Hills. The Metacomet Trail is maintained largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Forest and Park Association. On March 30, 2009…
Talcott Mountain cliffs from the Farmington River floodplain. Heublein Tower, top right.
Talcott Mountain ridgeline from The Pinnacle in Penwood State Park
Early Saxifrage sprouting in a trap rock ledge, Talcott Mountain
View of Hartford from Heublein Tower