Riga Falls
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Riga Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 481 m. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the north, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lion's Head, a peak 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 8 m
How to reach it
- 22.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lion's Head: 0.5 mi
- Bald Peak: 0.6 mi
- Mount Riga: 1.1 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.1 mi
- Brook Hill: 1.9 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Salisbury Village Open Space: 2.5 mi
- Trotta Field: 2.8 mi
- Cannon Park And Ballfield: 3.0 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 3.0 mi
- Appalachian Trail Scenic Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Yoakum Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Schlesinger Bird Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Whiteridge Easement: 1.6 mi
- Centennial Watershed State Forest: 1.7 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 2.9 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 5.9 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 6.6 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 6.6 mi
- Sheffield Historical Society: 9.0 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 3.4 mi
- Dough Boy: 6.7 mi
- Folly: 7.4 mi
- Copake Iron Furnace: 8.3 mi
- Lime Kiln: 8.5 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 12.9 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 14.4 mi
- Naked Lady: 14.7 mi
- Diving Lady: 15.6 mi
- Divine Mercy: 20.8 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 3.2 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 3.4 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 4.0 mi
- Great Falls: 5.3 mi
- Upper Falls: 6.0 mi
- Heritage Garden: 18.5 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 20.7 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 21.2 mi
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 21.4 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 22.8 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 3.8 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 5.0 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 8.4 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 14.1 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 17.6 mi
- Grand Staircase: 19.4 mi
- Pine Ledge: 20.0 mi
- The Beech: 20.4 mi
- Space Invaders: 20.4 mi
- East Beach: 14.0 mi
- West Beach: 14.6 mi
- Holland Beach: 19.9 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 23.7 mi
- County Beach: 24.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 20.5 mi
- Hermit spring: 22.9 mi
- Big Spring: 23.6 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 24.1 mi
- Questing: 13.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 14.7 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 7.0 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 23.0 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Riga Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Everett | N 10° | 793 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Frissell | NNW 337° | 747 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Ashley | NNW 346° | 725 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Race | NNE 13° | 723 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 2° | 708 m | 2.6 mi |
| Brace Mountain | NW 324° | 706 m | 3.2 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | NW 322° | 702 m | 2.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNW 341° | 695 m | 3.1 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.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 55.7 | 54.8 | 85.0 | 89.8 | 59.0 | 43.0 | 30.3 | 24.0 | 27.5 | 37.1 | 44.9 | 60.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Salmon Creek AT Lime Rock, CT, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7309693894
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