Haystack Mountain is a mountain topped with an observation tower that is the chief features of Haystack Mountain State Park, a 354-acre public recreation area in the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
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Connecticut
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The Haystack Mountain Tower, built in 1929 and listed on the ]National Register of Historic Places
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, sits upon it.[https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/e89ae8c8-8c45-43f0-992a-2827bc9fa187] The tower provides a view over the town of Norfolk and the neighboring town of Canaan
Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...
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Common forms of wildlife found on the mountain include raccoons, bears, deer, coyotes, opossums, skunks and foxes. The dominant plant life include mountain laurel (the state plant), pine trees and maples.
References
External links
Haystack Mountain State Park
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Haystack Mountain State Park Map
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Landforms of Litchfield County, Connecticut
Mountains of Connecticut
Norfolk, Connecticut
State parks of Connecticut
Protected areas established in 1917
1917 establishments in Connecticut
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