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Peak Mountain (Metacomet Trail)

Park · East Granby, Connecticut

Old New-Gate Prison from Peak Mountain

A roughly 730-foot traprock summit of the Metacomet Ridge, with cliffs about 200 feet high looking down on Old New-Gate Prison and out to Congamond Lake, the Salmon Brook Valley, the Barn Door Hills and Manitook Mountain. The 51-mile Metacomet Trail crosses the summit; hiking, bird watching and snowshoeing are permitted.

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East Granby, CT 06026

Photo "Old New-Gate Prison from Peak Mountain": Paul Gagnon, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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