Lamentation Mountain
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Lamentation Mountain, or Mount Lamentation, 720 feet (220 m), is a
Origin of name
Lamentation Mountain takes its name from an incident in 1653 when a member of a nearby colony became lost on the mountain for three days before he was found by a search party. Also known from a legend in the 1700s when a Native American girl committed suicide by jumping off the Mountaintop from the loss of her love.
Geography
Roughly 3 miles (5 km) long by 0.75 miles (1.21 km) wide, Lamentation Mountain is located within the towns of Middletown, Berlin, and Meriden, Connecticut.
Crescent Lake, (formerly called Bradley Hubbard Reservoir), lies nestled in the gap between Lamentation Mountain and Chauncey Peak. The lake provides emergency drinking water to the city of Meriden. Silver Lake, visible from the cliffs, is located in the low gap between Lamentation Mountain and Cathole Mountain.
The Metacomet Ridge continues west from Lamentation Mountain to become Cathole Mountain of the Hanging Hills; it continues south as Chauncey Peak. Another, lower extension continues 8 miles (13 km) north culminating in the uplands of Rocky Hill, Connecticut. The southern half of Lamentation Mountain drains into the Quinnipiac River, thence to Long Island Sound; the northern half to the Mattabesett River, then to the Connecticut River, thence to Long Island Sound.
Geology and ecology
Lamentation Mountain, like much of the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of
Recreation and conservation
The southern third of Lamentation Mountain lies within
In 2000, Lamentation Mountain was included in a study by the
The Berlin Land Trust[1] and the Meriden land Trust[2] are active in the conservation of Lamentation Mountain and its viewshed.
See also
- Lamentation Mountain State Park
- Metacomet Ridge
- Metacomet Trail
- Adjacent summits:
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References
- ^ "Home". berlinlandtrust.org.
- ^ "Meriden Land Trust". www.meridenlandtrust.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- Giuffrida Park. PDF brochure. South Central Regional Council of Governments. North Haven, Connecticut. Undated. Cited Dec. 17, 2007.
- Farnsworth, Elizabeth J. "Metacomet-Mattabesett Trail Natural Resource Assessment." 2004. PDF wefile cited November 1, 2007.
- Connecticut Walk Book: A Trail Guide to the Connecticut Outdoors. 17th Edition. The Connecticut Forest and Park Association. Rockfall, Connecticut. Undated.
- Raymo, Maureen E.Written in Stone: A Geologic History of the Northeastern United States. Globe Pequot, Chester, Connecticut, 1989.
- U.S. Congress New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act. Archived 2016-07-04 at the Wayback Machine