▁Met el ica ▁Rap un zel . ▁The ▁population ▁of ▁War wick ▁was ▁only ▁about ▁ 4 5 0 ▁then , ▁and ▁hundreds ▁of ▁young ▁people ▁came ▁to ▁War wick ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁commune . ▁There ▁was ▁some ▁fr iction ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁days , ▁but ▁town spe ople ▁and ▁commune ▁members ▁gradually ▁became ▁more ▁co oper ative . ▁The ▁commune ▁left ▁War wick ▁for ▁good ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁Geography ▁and ▁recre ation ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁town ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁ ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁, ▁or ▁ 0 . 8 3 %, ▁is ▁water . ▁The ▁ge ography ▁of ▁War wick ▁is ▁domin ated ▁by ▁Mount ▁Grace . ▁This ▁mountain ▁is ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁town ▁and ▁has ▁a ▁network ▁of ▁h ik ing ▁and ▁cross - country ▁ski ▁tra ils . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁mountain ▁is ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁state ▁( as ▁part ▁of ▁Mount ▁Grace ▁State ▁Forest ) ▁and ▁open ▁to ▁the ▁public . ▁The ▁Meta com et - Mon ad no ck ▁Tra il ▁passes ▁over ▁the ▁ 1 6 1 7 ▁foot ▁( 4 9 3 m ) ▁sum mit . ▁▁ ▁Appro xim ately ▁a ▁third ▁of ▁the ▁town ' s ▁land ▁is ▁protected ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁War wick ▁State ▁Forest ▁thereby ▁offering ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁out door ▁activities ▁for ▁the ▁public . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁several ▁p onds , ▁some ▁created ▁by ▁dam med ▁bro oks