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Mount Frissell

mountain, Connecticut, United States
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Mount Frissell, highest point (2,380 feet [725 metres]) in Connecticut, U.S. The peak lies just north-northwest of Salisbury, in the Taconic Range, near the Massachusetts and New York borders.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Lorraine Murray.