Subject: Re: CTN
Date: Sep 01, 2002 @ 19:25
Author: acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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optionally
a much easier & safer approach is to call the options institute in
sheffield for permission to approach from massachusetts
or just sneak in the gate & take your chances
& follow up the ravine on the left side
m

--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "bjbutlerus" <bjbutler@b...> wrote:
> Made a nice visit to the northernmost point in Connecticut
yesterday.
> If you plan to visit this point I recommend parking on the west
side
> of CT/MA route 41 almost at the state line. There is a turnout here
> with a trail behind a fence marked "Closes at Sunset." This trail
> follows the south bank of a stream for a hundred meters or so and
then
> swings away from the stream and narrows. In another hundred meters
or
> so, it approaches the stream again, this time at the foot of Sage's
> Ravine, quite a scenic spot. At this point look for a small creek
> entering from the north and cross the larger stream wherever you
can
> find decent footing The monument marking the northernmost point in
> Connecticut is set in a large rock in the middle of the small creek,
> maybe 30 meters above the main stream and maybe a hundred meters
in.
> The monument is a 12-inch by 12-inch granite post with inscriptions
> for the Connecticut and Massachusetts, and the date "1906."