Peak Mountain - Metacomet Trail
A pleasant ridge trail overlooking colonial-era mine / prison Newgate Prison.
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Peak Mountain / Metacomet Trail - Just On The Ridge At The South End After a steep rise on the flank of the hill, the trail flattens out for most of the rest of its run. This early winter view along the trail is typical, showing the relatively mature forest, the shallow rise topography, and one of many thinly layered sandstone boulders, remnant of a sandstone layer in the predominantly volcanic rock of Peak Mountain. See also… 11/23/2001 |
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Peak Mountain / Metacomet Trail - Atmospheric Perspective Looking back along the trail, you can see the haze of this early winter day (which offered temperatures in the fifties). The signature blue blaze of the Metacomet Trail is barely on a distant background tree. See also… 11/23/2001 |
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Peak Mountain / Metacomet Trail - Big Boulder On Edge of One of the largest boulders on the Peak Mountain section of the Metacomet Trail, this sandstone relic seems to perch precariously on the edge of the ridge overlooking the Newgate Prison. Its many plates show many periods of sediment deposition before the formation of this boulder from the remnants of some ancient lake bottom. See also… 11/24/2001 |
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Peak Mountain / Metacomet Trail - Sun and Shadows Tree shadows are cast long by golden late day sunlight near the halfway point of the Metacomet Trail's Peak Mountain section. In this area, the trail actually slopes briefly downward before rising again on the flanks of the summit. See also… 11/23/2001 |
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Peak Mountain / Metacomet Trail - A Fallen Tree Like A Centipede Many trees are fallen on many trails, but this one has the most amazing resemblance to a centipede. This is due to the radial branching of the pine, which is reminiscent of a very much smaller centipede. Indeed, perhaps there are centipedes living inside it. See also… 12/4/2001 |
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