Mount Riga
Mount Riga rises to 534 m in Connecticut. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the north-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Yoakum Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808306, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 534 m
How to reach it
- 24.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Thorpe Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Bald Peak: 1.2 mi
- Bird Peak: 1.3 mi
- Brook Hill: 1.4 mi
- Lion's Head: 1.4 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 2.5 mi
- Bauer Park: 2.5 mi
- Cannon Park And Ballfield: 2.6 mi
- Salisbury Village Open Space: 2.7 mi
- Yoakum Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Centennial Watershed State Forest: 0.7 mi
- Hanging Rock Park: 2.2 mi
- Appalachian Trail Scenic Open Space: 2.3 mi
- Schlesinger Bird Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 2.4 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 7.5 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 7.5 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 8.1 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 3.9 mi
- Folly: 6.4 mi
- Lime Kiln: 7.5 mi
- Dough Boy: 7.5 mi
- Copake Iron Furnace: 8.9 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 13.9 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 15.4 mi
- Diving Lady: 15.5 mi
- Naked Lady: 15.6 mi
- Divine Mercy: 21.8 mi
- Riga Falls: 1.1 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 4.2 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 4.4 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 4.9 mi
- Great Falls: 5.4 mi
- Grand Staircase: 18.5 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 18.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 19.1 mi
- The Beech: 21.2 mi
- Space Invaders: 21.2 mi
- Heritage Garden: 19.6 mi
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 20.8 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 21.7 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 21.7 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 22.2 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 4.0 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 4.4 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 9.1 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 15.1 mi
- East Beach: 13.8 mi
- West Beach: 14.4 mi
- Holland Beach: 20.3 mi
- South Landing: 23.8 mi
- West Landing: 23.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 20.8 mi
- Hermit spring: 23.1 mi
- Big Spring: 24.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 24.5 mi
- Questing: 14.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 14.2 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 8.0 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 22.1 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Mount Riga. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Everett | NNE 14° | 793 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Frissell | N 350° | 747 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Ashley | N 356° | 725 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Race | NNE 17° | 723 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NNE 12° | 708 m | 3.6 mi |
| Brace Mountain | NNW 340° | 706 m | 3.7 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | NNW 340° | 702 m | 3.3 mi |
| Round Mountain | N 354° | 695 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209104 — Mount Riga, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359266411
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 15 mi
- Monterey · 18 mi
- Berkshires · 20 mi
- Stockbridge · 22 mi
- Lee · 24 mi
- Otis · 24 mi
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