Tartia Falls
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
- 24.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.6 mi off the North Fork Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: 0.5 mi
- Conservation Showcase: 0.7 mi
- Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: 0.8 mi
- Pine Brook Falls Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Town Open Space (Young Street): 2.1 mi
- 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
- Cave Hill: 2.1 mi
- Sexton Hill: 2.2 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mount Tom: 3.0 mi
- Hog Hill: 3.1 mi
- Gingers Garden: 2.6 mi
- Rain Garden: 3.9 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 4.0 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 10.8 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 2.9 mi
- Chatham Historical Society: 3.0 mi
- Thankful Arnold House: 4.6 mi
- Haddam Veterans' Museum: 5.3 mi
- Haddam Shad Museum: 5.4 mi
- 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
- Face in Tree: 6.8 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 9.0 mi
- First Tear: 10.1 mi
- snake: 13.8 mi
- Frog: 14.3 mi
- Cascade: 0.1 mi
- Pine Brook Falls: 2.0 mi
- Day Pond Brook Falls: 2.6 mi
- Moodus Falls: 3.1 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 4.1 mi
- 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
- Lake Beseck Beach: 13.5 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 18.0 mi
- Middle Beach: 18.1 mi
- Stannard Beach: 18.2 mi
- Chapman Beach: 18.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 11.9 mi
- Crow Point: 13.7 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 14.4 mi
- Bluff Head: 14.5 mi
- 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
- Johnsonville Village: 3.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 13.0 mi
- Skate Hut: 22.5 mi
- Powder House: 22.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 19.2 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 20.3 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meshomasic Mountain | NNW 331° | 265 m | 7.2 mi |
| Clark Hill | NW 326° | 241 m | 4.6 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NW 324° | 228 m | 6.1 mi |
| Great Hill | NW 304° | 222 m | 5.0 mi |
| Clark Hill | NNW 328° | 206 m | 8.4 mi |
| Baker Hill | N 349° | 204 m | 3.4 mi |
| Goose Hill | SW 215° | 201 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bear Hill | W 259° | 199 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 254 | 254 | 375 | 343 | 228 | 144 | 66.9 | 56.6 | 71.8 | 95.5 | 161 | 232 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7370484371
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 8 mi
- Essex · 14 mi
- Montville · 17 mi
- East Lyme · 18 mi
- Old Lyme · 18 mi
- Old Saybrook · 18 mi
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