Barn Door Hills facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Barn Door Hills
Western Barndoor Hill from Barndoor Hills Road, looking slightly south of west
Highest point
Elevation	c. 560 feet (171 m) and c.. 580 feet (177 m)
Geography
Barn Door Hills Location in Connecticut
Parent range	Metacomet Ridge
Geology
Age of rock	200 million yrs.
Mountain type	Fault-block; igneous

The Barn Door Hills of north-central Connecticut are a pair of prominent rocky trap rock knobs separated by a steep sided gap. They are located in Granby, Connecticut. The hills are an outlying section 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 crest of the Metacomet Ridge is located 3.75 miles (6.04 km) east at Hatchet Hill.

Recreation and conservation

East Barndoor Hill is located in the 4,000-acre (16 km²) McLean Game Refuge founded by former United States Senator George P. McLean and now a National Natural Landmark. A hiking trail climbs the summit of the hill. West Barndoor Hill is maintained by the Granby Land Trust.

Western Barndoor Hill from Barndoor Hills Road and Kettle Pond Lane

• Farnsworth, Elizabeth J. Metacomet-Mattabesett Trail Natural Resource Assessment July 17, 2004. 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.