Totoket Mountain

Totoket Mountain, with a high point of 720 feet above sea level, is a traprock massif with several distinct summits, located 7 miles northeast of New Haven, Connecticut. It is part of the Metacomet Ridge that extends from the Long Island Sound near New Haven, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. Totoket Mountain is known for its 500-foot-high scenic cliffs, unique microclimate ecosystems, rare plant communities, and for Lake Gaillard, a 2.5-mile-wide public reservoir nearly enclosed by the mountain. The north ridge of Totoket Mountain is traversed by the 50-mile Mattabesett Trail and a significant network of shorter trails. The name "Totoket Mountain" applies to both the entire mountain and to a subordinate northwestern peak .
Totoket Mountain rises steeply between 200 ft and 650 ft above the surrounding landscape, with a high point of 720 ft above sea level. It is roughly 11.5 miles long by 4.25 miles wide at its widest point and lies within the towns of Durham, North Branford, and Guilford, Connecticut. Major peaks on the mountain include Sea Hill 410 feet ; East and West Sugarloaf Hill, 512 and 476 feet ; Totoket Mountain , 577 feet ; and Bluff Head, est. 720 feet , the high point. The southern half of the mountain splits into two arms which completely encircle the Lake Gaillard Reservoir. Beside Lake Gaillard, the mountain shelters several other small bodies of water, including Menuckatuck Reservoir, West Lake, Clear Lake, Bartlett Pond, Lane Pond, and the scenic Myerhuber Pond , just below the high cliffs of Bluff Head.

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