Rugg Hill

Rugg Hill is a peak in Town of Cornwall, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut and has an elevation of 1,155 feet. Rugg Hill is situated nearby to the village West Cornwall, as well as near the hamlet Yelping Hill.

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,155 feet
Description: mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Also known as: “Waller Hill”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dean’s Ravine Falls and Housatonic State Forest.

Dean’s Ravine Falls

Waterfall

Dean's Ravine Falls is a 50-foot-tall waterfall formed along Reed Brook in Canaan, Connecticut. The falls were once a "must-see" spot along the 2,180-mile-long Appalachian Trail, until the trail was rerouted west of the Housatonic River through Sharon, Connecticut in the early 1980s.

Housatonic State Forest

Nature reserve

Photo: Morrowlong, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Housatonic State Forest is a Connecticut state forest occupying 10,894 acres in the towns of Sharon, Canaan, Cornwall, and North Canaan. The state forest includes two Connecticut natural area preserves, Gold's Pines and Canaan Mountain, and is the only Connecticut state forest that includes a portion of the Appalachian Trail.

West Cornwall Covered Bridge

Bridge

Photo: AskJoanne, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The West Cornwall Covered Bridge is a wooden covered lattice truss bridge carrying the Sharon-Goshen Turnpike over the Housatonic River in the town of Cornwall, Connecticut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Falls Village and Cornwall.

Falls Village

Village

Photo: Doncram, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Falls Village is a village and census-designated place in the town of Canaan in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 538, out of 1,234 in the entire town of Canaan.

Cornwall

Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cornwall is a town in Connecticut. It is comprised of many small parts from yesteryear, but today is generally divided into three parts, Cornwall Bridge, West Cornwall, and Cornwall Village.