Site Of The Charter Oak
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
Named places within 25 miles
- Charter Oak Tree Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Buckingham Square Park: 0.1 mi
- Whitman Close Park: 0.1 mi
- Porter Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- South Green Barnard Park: 0.2 mi
- Amos Bull House: 0.1 mi
- Butler-McCook Homestead: 0.1 mi
- Old State House: 0.5 mi
- Myths, Minds and Medicine Museum: 0.9 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 1.5 mi
- Pulaski: 0.1 mi
- Stegosaurus: 0.2 mi
- Stone Field Sculpture: 0.4 mi
- Tet a Tete: 0.5 mi
- Love: 0.5 mi
- Dr. Horace Wells: 0.4 mi
- William H. Putnam: 0.5 mi
- General Israel Putnam: 0.5 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch: 0.5 mi
- Connecticut State Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Keney Tower: 1.0 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 1.1 mi
- Mark Twain House: 1.5 mi
- Constitution Oak: 3.5 mi
- The Dreamyard: 5.2 mi
- Rocky Hill: 1.2 mi
- Johnson Hill: 2.7 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 3.1 mi
- Wolcott Hill: 4.0 mi
- Elmwood Hill: 4.1 mi
- Eleanor Buck Wolf Parcel: 2.3 mi
- Vanderbilt Park: 2.7 mi
- Short Reach Property: 2.8 mi
- Keney Park: 2.8 mi
- Ridgecrest Circle Open Space: 2.9 mi
- 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
- Victorian Ornamental Garden: 0.1 mi
- Hudson Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Trinity College Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Huntington Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Elizabeth Park Rose Garden: 2.5 mi
- Crow Point: 4.6 mi
- South Wall: 6.5 mi
- Solar Panel: 6.5 mi
- Superstructure: 6.5 mi
- Garden Wall: 6.6 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 16.8 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 17.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 18.5 mi
- Babbs Beach: 19.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.6 mi
- 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
- 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
- Gay City State Park: 12.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 21.4 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | WNW 299° | 276 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mannantuck | ESE 109° | 273 m | 10.9 mi |
| John Tom Hill | ESE 108° | 272 m | 10.9 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SE 143° | 265 m | 11.2 mi |
| Ely Mound | WNW 289° | 246 m | 7.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 92° | 237 m | 9.7 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | ESE 116° | 234 m | 9.9 mi |
| Birch Mountain | E 94° | 233 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13268600773
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 12 mi
- Tolland · 17 mi
- Somers · 20 mi
- Longmeadow · 21 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 22 mi
- Storrs · 22 mi
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