Mount Riga State Park

Mount Riga State Park is an undeveloped public recreation area located in the town of Salisbury, Connecticut. The state park offers opportunities for hiking and bow hunting.

Photo: Morrowlong, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bear Mountain and Mount Frissell.

Bear Mountain

Scenic viewpoint

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Bear Mountain is a peak of the southern Taconic Mountains in Salisbury, Connecticut. At 2,316 feet, Bear Mountain is the highest mountain that lies wholly within Connecticut.

Mount Frissell is a 2,454-foot mountain in the Taconic Range of the Northeastern United States. It is notable for featuring both a tripoint of the borders of southwest Massachusetts, northwest Connecticut, and eastern New York state, and the high point of Connecticut on its south slope.

Gridley Mountain

Peak

Gridley Mountain, 2,211 feet, is the third highest elevation in the state of Connecticut. The mountain, part of the Taconic Range, has no official trail and is located on private property.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salisbury and Mount Washington.

Salisbury

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Salisbury is a city in Connecticut. It includes the village of Lakeville, home to Lime Rock Park raceway.

Mount Washington

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Washington is a tiny town in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. It is at the southwest corner of the state, the only Massachusetts town to border both New York and Connecticut.

Lakeville

Village

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Lakeville is a census-designated place in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, close to Dutchess County, New York. It is within the town of Salisbury, but has its own ZIP Code. Lakeville is situated 5 miles south of Mount Riga State Park.

Mount Riga State Park

Type: Nature reserve
Description: State park in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Categories: Connecticut state park and recreation area
Location: Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.03797° or 42° 2′ 17″ north

Longitude

-73.4374° or 73° 26′ 15″ west

Elevation

886 feet (270 metres)

Open location code

87J82HQ7+52

OpenStreetMap ID

way 68309117

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

4839039

Wikidata ID

Q6923226

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Mount Riga State Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Mount Riga State Park”
German: “Mount Riga State Park”

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