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Taconic Chapel Park

Taconic Chapel Park from directly overhead

Taconic Chapel Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 230 m. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the north-northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates42.03542, -73.40857

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East Twin Lake Water Access: 1.2 mi
  • Salisbury Village Open Space: 3.6 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Trotta Field: 4.1 mi
  • Lawrence Field: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Museums: 39
Waterfalls: 32
  • Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Sages Ravine Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Sages Ravine Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Bear Rock Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Riga Falls: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 30
Artworks: 23
  • Newsboy Statue: 10.3 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 12.0 mi
  • Naked Lady: 12.2 mi
  • Diving Lady: 16.8 mi
  • Divine Mercy: 18.1 mi
Attractions: 21
Cliffs: 15
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 15.0 mi
  • The Beech: 17.6 mi
  • Space Invaders: 17.7 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 17.7 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 17.7 mi
Gardens: 11
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Hermit spring: 21.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Taconic Chapel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount EverettNNW 345°793 m4.8 mi
Mount FrissellWNW 286°747 m3.9 mi
Mount AshleyWNW 298°725 m3.9 mi
Mount RaceNNW 339°723 m3.4 mi
Bear MountainWNW 286°708 m2.5 mi
Brace MountainW 278°706 m4.4 mi
South Brace MountainW 274°702 m4.2 mi
Round MountainWNW 285°695 m3.6 mi

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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438385

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