page_title: Farmington Mountain
section_title: See also
hierarchical_section_title: Farmington Mountain / See also
caption_attribution_description: English: Talcott Mountain Pinnacle. Penwood State Park. Connecticut. by Paul Gagnon 2002
context_page_description: Farmington Mountain, 502 feet, is a traprock ridge located 9 miles southwest of Hartford, Connecticut in the town of Farmington. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, Connecticut, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. Farmington Mountain is known for its microclimate ecosystems, rare plant communities, and for the historic Hill-Stead Museum. Farmington Mountain is traversed by the 51-mile Metacomet Trail.
context_section_description: Hill-Stead Museum
  Metacomet Ridge
  Metacomet Trail
  Adjacent summits:
caption: Talcott Mountain
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