Webb Mountain Park

Webb Mountain Park is a municipal park that offers hiking trails and campsites, located in Monroe, Connecticut.

Webb Mountain Park has a rich and diverse flora. There are numerous kinds of trees, shrubs and ferns that not only add to the aesthetic value of the place but provide an ideal setting for some amateur as well as scientific study of the local plants. The trees found here include (to name a few) Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), Eastern black oak(Quercus velutina), Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata), Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima), Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) and Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera). There are also herbs such as the Hepatica americana and Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora).[1]

The park is adjacent to the town-owned Webb Mountain Discovery Zone.

Trail in the Webb Mountain Park

References

  1. ↑ "Webb Mountain Park". Connecticut Forest and Park Association. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

Coordinates: 41°22′30″N 73°09′48″W / 41.3749°N 73.1632°W / 41.3749; -73.1632

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