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The 34 foot high stone tower at the summit of Haystack Mountain (1716 feet above sea level) allows visitors to see Long Island Sound, the Berkshires, and peaks in Massachusetts and New York.

A roadway provides access halfway up the mountain. Prominent along the road is a spectacle of foliage in the fall and an outstanding show of mountain laurel in June. From the end of the road there is a rugged half-mile trail to the top. Allow about half an hour for this walk if you are not a seasoned hiker.

One might snoop for the old Railroad right-of-way as seen on the map. The tracks were pulled in the 1930's and sold for steel to Japan. Later known as the Central New England Railroad and Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad). (after naming on map. Abandonment was early 1930's)

This Park was closed in 2001 I think it was. Supposedly a 'drinker' was up in the tower and that attracted a 'lightning strike'. The tower was damaged but supposedly the 'drinker' was not harmed. The tower went through a little re-hab and the park re-opened in 2006.

Haystack Mountain is a 1,716-foot-high (523 m) mountain topped with an observation tower that is the chief features of Haystack Mountain State Park, a public recreation area in the town of Norfolk, Connecticut. The 34-foot-tall (10 m) Haystack Mountain Tower, built in 1929 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, sits upon it. The tower provides a view over the town of Norfolk and the neighboring town of Canaan. Common forms of wildlife found on the mountain include raccoon's, bears, deer, coyotes, opossums, skunks and foxes. The dominant plant life include mountain laurel (the state plant), pine trees and maples.

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