The Pinnacle Tower: In 1910, Miss Cecelia deNottbeck (great-granddaughter of John Jacob Astor) had a stone tower built at the top of the hill to replicate a “ruin” from the English landscape. 2010 marked the 100th year that the tower has stood on the hill above Dorset Village.

The Pinnacle property consists of a 35-acre forested parcel and an adjacent seven acres situated on a small hill (named The Pinnacle) east of Route 30, north of Dorset Hollow Road, and south of Peace Street. Dorset acquired the property in 2005 through the generosity of the late Robert & Margaret Keeler.

The TrailFinder website has a description and map of a hike at The Pinnacle Forest.