Haystack Mountain Tower

Haystack Mountain State Park
Tower
Haystack Mountain State Park is located in Connecticut
Haystack Mountain State Park
Haystack Mountain State Park
Location in Connecticut
Haystack Mountain State Park is located in the United States
Haystack Mountain State Park
Haystack Mountain State Park
Haystack Mountain State Park (the United States)
LocationNorfolk, Connecticut, United States
Coordinates42°00′16″N 73°12′29″W / 42.00444°N 73.20806°W / 42.00444; -73.20806[1]
Area292 acres (118 ha)[2]
Elevation1,680 ft (510 m)[1]
Administered byConnecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
DesignationConnecticut state park
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Haystack Mountain Tower
Location43 North St., Norfolk, Connecticut
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1929 (1929)
ArchitectRossiter & Muller
Architectural styleLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Jacobean Revival
NRHP reference No.93001244
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 1993

Haystack Mountain Tower is a stone observation tower at the summit of 1,680-foot (510 m) Haystack Mountain[1] and the chief feature of Haystack Mountain State Park, a public recreation area in Norfolk, Connecticut.[3] Built in 1929, the tower and the land on which it stands were donated by Ellen Battell Stoeckel. The tower provides views of three states and Long Island Sound. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Haystack Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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