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Site Of The Charter Oak

Site Of The Charter Oak from directly overhead

Site Of The Charter Oak is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Charter Oak Tree Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

Tree in Hartford, Connecticut which was the legendary hiding place of the 1662 Connecticut Charter

Wikidata Q1067811, matched on coordinates and name (1 m apart).

What the record says

Inscription
NEAR THIS SPOT STOOD THE CHARTER OAK MEMORABLE IN THE HISTORY OF THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT AS THE HIDINGPLACE OF THE CHARTER OCTOBER 31 1687

How to reach it

Coordinates41.75934, -72.67366

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Cascades: 8.0 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 22
  • Crow Point: 4.6 mi
  • South Wall: 6.5 mi
  • Solar Panel: 6.5 mi
  • Superstructure: 6.5 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Hermit spring: 20.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Windham Spring: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Site Of The Charter Oak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainWNW 299°276 m7.4 mi
MannantuckESE 109°273 m10.9 mi
John Tom HillESE 108°272 m10.9 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 143°265 m11.2 mi
Ely MoundWNW 289°246 m7.0 mi
Lookout MountainE 92°237 m9.7 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 116°234 m9.9 mi
Birch MountainE 94°233 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13268600773

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