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Mount Riga State Park

Mount Riga State Park from directly overhead

Mount Riga State Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 270 m. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the north, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
270 m
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Coordinates42.04062, -73.43237

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • East Twin Lake Water Access: 2.4 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Salisbury Village Open Space: 4.0 mi
  • Garrett Garden and Green: 4.1 mi
  • Trotta Field: 4.5 mi
Museums: 38
Waterfalls: 31
  • Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Sages Ravine Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Sages Ravine Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Bear Rock Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Riga Falls: 2.6 mi
Historic sites: 31
Artworks: 27
  • Newsboy Statue: 10.3 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 11.9 mi
  • Naked Lady: 12.1 mi
  • Diving Lady: 15.5 mi
  • Divine Mercy: 18.2 mi
Attractions: 20
Cliffs: 15
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 15.0 mi
  • The Beech: 18.8 mi
  • Space Invaders: 18.8 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 18.8 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 18.8 mi
Gardens: 11
Beaches: 5
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 22.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Mount Riga State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount EverettN 360°793 m4.2 mi
Mount FrissellWNW 286°747 m2.7 mi
Mount AshleyNW 304°725 m2.6 mi
Mount RaceN 0°723 m2.9 mi
Bear MountainWNW 285°708 m1.2 mi
Brace MountainW 275°706 m3.1 mi
South Brace MountainW 268°702 m3.0 mi
Round MountainWNW 284°695 m2.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5120:34
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1915:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475866716962514030
Precip in3.02.63.43.33.94.84.84.44.74.73.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • mountain laurel37 obs
  • hobblebush33 obs
  • painted trillium32 obs
  • pitch pine23 obs
  • American chestnut21 obs
  • sassafras18 obs
  • bluebead lily16 obs
  • Cucumber Root14 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/68309117

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