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==Legacy== Numerous notable places are named after Metacomet: * [[Metacomet Mill]] in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], built in 1847 and named for the chief, is the oldest remaining textile mill in the city. * King Philip Stockade, a large park named after the chief, where the Pocumtuc Indians planned and began the Sack of [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], is now a part of [[Forest Park (Springfield, Massachusetts)|Forest Park]] in Springfield * [[King Philip Mills]] in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], built 1871 * The [[USS Metacomet (1863)|USS ''Metacomet'']], an 1863 [[United States Navy]] ship * The [[Metacomet Ridge]], a {{Convert|100|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} mountain range in southern New England * The {{Convert|51|mi|km|adj=on}} [[Metacomet Trail]] in central Connecticut * The {{Convert|110|mi|km|adj=on}} [[Metacomet-Monadnock Trail]] in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts and southern [[New Hampshire]] * [[Metacomet Country Club]], a golf course in [[East Providence, Rhode Island]] * The Metacomet parcel of conservation land within the Black Brook Management Area in [[Easton, Massachusetts]] * [[King Phillip's Cave (Massachusetts)|King Phillip's Cave]] in [[Norton, Massachusetts]], a cave said to have been used by the chief as a hiding place towards the end of his reign<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060206225009/http://www.mamantapett.com/about_mgalinks/history.html History: MGA Links at Mamantapett], ''MGA Links'' (archived 2006)</ref> * King Philip Mountain, a peak on [[Talcott Mountain]], near [[Hartford, Connecticut]] * [[King Philip's Hill]], on the western bank of the Connecticut River in [[Northfield, Massachusetts]] * King Phillip's Nose, a rock island in the Connecticut River, south of Northfield, Massachusetts * King Philip's Rock, a historic site situated on a trail in [[Sharon, Massachusetts]] * King Philip Avenue/Road/Street or Drive in [[East Providence, Rhode Island|East Providence]] and [[Bristol, Rhode Island]]; [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]], [[Longmeadow, Massachusetts|Longmeadow]], [[Raynham, Massachusetts|Raynham]], [[Somerset, Massachusetts|Somerset]], [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]], and [[South Deerfield, Massachusetts]]; and in [[West Hartford, Connecticut]] One insect species is named after Metacomet: * ''[[Tipula metacomet]]'', a species of large crane fly with a type locality in Amherst, Massachusetts
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