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Belvédère de Tequenonday

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Belvédère de Tequenonday — direction of view not recorded. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.

Belvédère de Tequenonday sits along Chemin du Roy at an elevation of 39 feet, with the terrain dropping 26 feet over the next 600 meters. To the south-southwest, at 0.4 miles, two water features are visible: the Bassin de pêche sportive à l'esturgeon jaune at 13 feet and the Bassin de pêche sportive au doré jaune at 26 feet. Cap Anderson rises to 197 feet to the south at 1.1 miles, while Cap Samson reaches 256 feet to the southeast at 1.5 miles. Pointe Atkinson is visible to the east at 1.4 miles and 16 feet in elevation, and the Rivière à la Scie can be seen to the east-northeast at 2.3 miles, at 13 feet. Sunrise and sunset times vary by season: near the March equinox, the sun rises at 06:49 and sets at 18:58; at the June solstice, sunrise is at 04:52 and sunset at 20:43; near the September equinox, sunrise is 06:33 and sunset 18:45; and at the December solstice, sunrise is 07:28 with sunset at 16:00. This overlook is preceded by Earl Grey Terrace and followed by Belvédère de la côte de Sillery along the route.

Access
0.5 mi detour
Elevation
39 ft
Relief
26 ft drop
In view
6 named features
Monument en l'honneur des cageux, ces draveurs de longue route qui utilisaient le St-Laurent pour transporter le bois de coupe entre l'Ontario et le Québec
Jean-Philippe Bourgoin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Sculpture sur bois - La naissance d'un peuple. Clermont Gagnon, 2008. Boisé de Tequenonday, ville de Québec.
Cephas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Sculpture sur bois - MÉTIS-SAGE. Daniel Haché, 2008. Boisé de Tequenonday, ville de Québec.
Cephas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Sculpture sur bois - Carbon Sample. Niall Walsh, 2008. Boisé de Tequenonday, ville de Québec.
Cephas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Sculpture sur bois - Celle qui a vu. Isabelle Courtois et Jean-Pierre Fontaine, 2008. Boisé de Tequenonday, ville de Québec.
Cephas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Sculpture en bronze à la mémoire des cageux, pour les jardins de la station des Cageux de la promenade Samuel-De Champlain.
Cephas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

What you’re looking at

Named terrain around this overlook, nearest first. No view direction is recorded, so every bearing is listed.

  • Bassin de pêche sportive à l'esturgeon jaune13 ftsouth-southwest · 0.4 mi
  • Bassin de pêche sportive au doré jaune26 ftsouth-southwest · 0.4 mi
  • Cap Anderson197 ftsouth · 1.1 mi
  • Pointe Atkinson16 fteast · 1.4 mi
  • Cap Samson256 ftsoutheast · 1.5 mi
  • Rivière à la Scie13 fteast-northeast · 2.3 mi

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox06:4918:5818:18
June solstice04:5220:4319:56
September equinox06:3318:4518:05
December solstice07:2816:0015:09

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How high is Belvédère de Tequenonday?

Belvédère de Tequenonday sits at about 39 feet (12 m).

What can you see from Belvédère de Tequenonday?

From Belvédère de Tequenonday: Bassin de pêche sportive à l'esturgeon jaune (SSW, 0.4 mi); Bassin de pêche sportive au doré jaune (SSW, 0.4 mi); Cap Anderson (S, 1.1 mi); Pointe Atkinson (E, 1.4 mi).

What is the next lookout after Belvédère de Tequenonday?

Belvédère de la côte de Sillery is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Belvédère de Tequenonday.

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