Mount Frissell
Mount Frissell | |
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U.S. state high points 36th | |
Coordinates | 42°03′04″N 73°28′55″W / 42.051093558°N 73.481977744°W[1] |
Geography | |
Parent range | Taconic Mountains |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Ordovician |
Mountain type | Thrust fault; metamorphic rock and sedimentary rock |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Mount Frissell Trail |
Mount Frissell, 2,454 feet (748 m), which straddles the border of southwest
Frissell's summit and the majority of its slopes are within Massachusetts' Mount Washington State Forest. Its southern slopes are in Salisbury, Connecticut. Here the state line reaches to about 2,379 feet (725 m). The high-point marker for Connecticut is on the border with Massachusetts at 42°02′59″N 73°28′59″W / 42.049633°N 73.483042°W.[4] (The highest mountain summit in Connecticut is Bear Mountain, about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) to the east-southeast of Mount Frissell.
Mount Frissell is traversed by the Mount Frissell Trail which connects with the South Taconic Trail to the west and the Appalachian Trail to the east.
The south side of Mount Frissell drains into Riga Lake and South Pond, then into Wachocostinook Brook, Salmon Creek, the
See also
- Outline of Connecticut
- Index of Connecticut-related articles
- List of U.S. states by elevation
- Mountain peaks of North America
- Mountain peaks of the United States
References
- ^ a b "Ryant Bush". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
- ^ "Mount Frissell, Massachusetts". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
- ^ "Mount Frissell-South Slope, Connecticut | U.S. Highpoint Guide". highpoint.guide. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "Mount Frissell - South Slope, Connecticut/Massachusetts". 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
- "Mount Frissell". Americasroof.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
- Charles W. G. Smith, ed. (2004). Massachusetts Trail Guide. AMC Hiking Guide Series. ISBN 1-929173-44-X.
External links
- "Mount Frissell". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
- "Mount Frissell". ListsOfJohn.com.
- "Mount Frissell". SummitPost.org.
- Mount Frissell on Peakery.com
- Mount Frissell Guide on Mountainouswords.com