Location Cheshire, Connecticut Age of rock 200 million yrs. Easiest route trailless | Parent range Metacomet Ridge Mountain type Fault-block; igneous Range Metacomet Ridge | |
Elevation 371 ft (113 m) ridge high point Similar Mount Sanford, Farmington Mountain, East Rock, West Rock Ridge, Chauncey Peak | ||
Peck Mountain of south-central Connecticut, 371 feet (113 m), 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.
Map of Peck Mountain, Cheshire, CT 06410, USA
References
Peck Mountain (New Haven County, Connecticut) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA