About Metacomet Ridge

Metacomet Ridge, known to some as Metacomet Range, is a mountain ridge located in Southern New England. It is perhaps best known for its geographical peculiarities – the combination of lovely sights and multitudes of detailed cliff faces cannot actually be thought of as rare. Add to this the fact that Metacomet Ridge happens to be home to a whole range of plants that could be considered endangered, as well as a host of ecosystems that thrive on micro climates (for those of you who don't know, a microclimate is a phenomenon where the climate of one place is quite different from that of the surrounding area), and there is truly something to be excited about. Metacomet Ridge is something of an adventure.

The Metacomet Ridge starts from Bradford and New Haven in Connecticut (Long Island sound, we believe) and cuts through the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts before moving to Franklin County just two miles short of the Vermont and New Hampshire Borders. It is also interesting to note that Metacomet Ridge is primarily hundreds of feet worth of layers of traprock or volcanic basalt and sedimentary rock. The Metacomet Ridge is not that high – only twelve hundred feet above sea level at its peak – but nevertheless makes for some fantastic rises, especially in low valley areas.