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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)
Listing	Metacomet Ridge summits
Coordinates	41°55′46″N 72°49′31″W / 41.92944°N 72.82528°W / 41.92944; -72.82528 and 41°55′57″N 72°49′04″W / 41.93250°N 72.81778°W / 41.93250; -72.81778
Geography
Barn Door Hills Granby, Connecticut
Parent range	Metacomet Ridge
Geology
Rock age	200 million yrs.
Mountain type(s)	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.^[1] A hiking trail climbs the summit of the hill. West Barndoor Hill is maintained by the Granby Land Trust.^[2]

^ "McLean Game Refuge Natural Areas". National Natural Landmarks Program. National Park Service. 1973. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
^ "Western Barndoor Hill Preserve Trail Map" (PDF). Granby Land Trust. Retrieved January 11, 2009.

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.

v t e Mountains of Connecticut
Hanging Hills	Cathole Mountain East Peak South Mountain West Peak
Metacomet Ridge	Barn Door Hills Beacon Hill Besek Mountain Bradley Mountain Cathole Mountain Chauncey Peak East Peak East Rock Farmington Mountain Fowler Mountain Hatchett Hill Higby Mountain Lamentation Mountain Manitook Mountain Mount Sanford Peak Mountain Peck Mountain Peter's Rock Pinnacle Rock Pistapaug Mountain Ragged Mountain Rattlesnake Mountain Saltonstall Mountain Short Mountain Sleeping Giant South Mountain Talcott Mountain Totoket Mountain Trimountain West Peak West Suffield Mountain
Taconic Mountains	Bear Mountain Gridley Mountain Mount Frissell Round Mountain
Others	Burley Hill Haystack Mountain Jeremy's Back Snow Hill

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