Editing North Branford, Connecticut (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 26.6 square miles (69.0&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 24.9 square miles (64.5&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) is land and 1.7 square miles (4.5&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (6.49%) is water. Neighboring towns are [[Wallingford, Connecticut|Wallingford]] and [[Durham, Connecticut|Durham]] to the north, [[Guilford, Connecticut|Guilford]] to the east, [[Branford, Connecticut|Branford]] to the south, and [[North Haven, Connecticut|North Haven]] and [[East Haven, Connecticut|East Haven]] to the west.

Much of the town's acreage is dominated by [[Totoket Mountain]], part of the [[Metacomet Ridge]], a mountainous [[trap rock]] ridgeline that stretches from [[Long Island Sound]] almost to the [[Vermont]] border. The north side of [[Saltonstall Mountain]] is also located in North Branford. Totoket Mountain contains Lake Gaillard, a reservoir, formed in 1926, managed by the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority (SCCRWA). The SCCRWA maintains a network of hiking trails on Totoket Mountain in the Big Gulph area of Northford.  The SCCRWA is said to own one-third of the town's area.

Totoket Mountain, 720 feet high, is the highest point of the town in the Northford neighborhood.