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Tartia Falls

Tartia Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Tartia Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Meshomasic Mountain stands 265 m to the north-northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cascade, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 24 miles off.

What the record says

Height
6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.53928, -72.47571

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Fireman's Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
  • Seamster Park: 2.1 mi
  • Pickerel Lake Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
  • Eaton E. Smith Memorial Garden Village Parking: 2.8 mi
  • Nichols Field: 3.0 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Museums
Historic sites
  • Yellow Ribbon Tree: 2.9 mi
  • Lions Club Pavilion: 4.0 mi
  • St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 5.6 mi
  • Major General Joseph Spencer: 7.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 8.0 mi
Artworks
Waterfalls: 55
Attractions: 46
  • Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 1.9 mi
  • Mill Turbine: 2.9 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 3.5 mi
  • grindstone: 4.6 mi
  • Nathan Hall Quarry: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 40
Cliffs: 18
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 19.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 19.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Tartia Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meshomasic MountainNNW 331°265 m7.2 mi
Clark HillNW 326°241 m4.6 mi
Raccoon HillNW 324°228 m6.1 mi
Great HillNW 304°222 m5.0 mi
Clark HillNNW 328°206 m8.4 mi
Baker HillN 349°204 m3.4 mi
Goose HillSW 215°201 m8.1 mi
Bear HillW 259°199 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1719:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 16 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs25425437534322814466.956.671.895.5161232

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Salmon River Near East Hampton, CT, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7370484371

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