Ascent of Fairfield County High Point on 2008-08-24| Date: | Sunday, August 24, 2008 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Peak: | Fairfield County High Point | | Location: | USA-Connecticut/New York | | Elevation: | 1280 ft / 390 m |
Ascent Trip ReportI parked on Meadow Ln. on the CT side. Walked to the NY/CT line, and then turned up the driveway off of Kirby Hill Rd. (Rte 67) on the NY side. Didn't see anyone at the owner's mansion. It took a bit of wandering around trails to find the NY/CT boundary monument at the high point, but here's the quickest way to find it: About 50 ft. after the driveway curves to the left, there's a stack of chopped wood on the right. By the wood is a wide trail into the woods. After a short while on this trail, it splits into two. Take the right fork, a mossy path, which leads to the monument. The monument is about a yard tall, has "Ct" and "NY" engraved in smallish letters near the top, and is white (although mostly covered with grey dead lichen). A little farther North is a small cleared area by a nasty small pond -- if you take a path and end up there, you've gone too far. |
| Summary Total Data | | Total Elevation Gain: | 120 ft / 36 m | | Round-Trip Distance: | 1 mi / 1.6 km | | Route: | see trip report | | Trailhead: | Meadow Ln. and Wakeman Hill Rd. 1160 ft / 353 m | | Route Conditions: | Road Hike, Maintained Trail, Bushwhack | | Ascent Statistics | | Time: | 1 Hours |
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