Mount Sanford (Connecticut)

This article is about a mountain ridge in Connecticut. For other landforms by the same name, see Mount Sanford (disambiguation)

Sanford Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	est. 886 ft (270 m) ridge high point
Coordinates
Geography
Location	Bethany, Hamden, and Cheshire, Connecticut
Parent range	Metacomet Ridge
Geology
Age of rock	200 Ma
Mountain type	Fault-block; igneous
Climbing
Easiest route	Quinnipiac Trail

Mount Sanford of south-central Connecticut, est. 886 feet (270 m), is the high point on a 2.25-mile (3.6 km) long traprock mountain ridge located 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the city of New Haven. Mount Sanford 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 north from Mount Sanford as Peck Mountain and south as Mad Mare Hill and West Rock Ridge.

Recreation and conservation

The ridgeline of Mount Sanford is traversed by the 23-mile (37 km) Quinnipiac Trail; the summit of the mountain lies within the Naugatuck State Forest.

References

• Farnsworth, Elizabeth J. "Metacomet-Mattabesett Trail Natural Resource Assessment." 2004. PDF webfile 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, Chet and Raymo, Maureen E. Written in Stone: A Geologic History of the Northeastern United States. Globe Pequot, Chester, Connecticut, 1989.