Riga Lake Dam

Riga Lake Dam is a dam in Salisbury, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. Riga Lake Dam is situated nearby to Bingham Pond Bog, as well as near the peak Brace Mountain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Frissell and Bingham Pond Bog.

Mount Frissell

Peak

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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. Mount Frissell is situated 2½ miles north of Riga Lake Dam.

Bingham Pond Bog

Bingham Pond Bog is a rare undisturbed cold northern black spruce bog, highly unusual in that it lacks the usual sphagnum moss associated with bogs. It is located near Salisbury, Connecticut, United States.

Brace Mountain

Peak

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brace Mountain is the peak of a ridge in the southern Taconic Mountains, near the tripoint of the U.S. states of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Brace Mountain is situated 2 miles north of Riga Lake Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lakeville and Millerton.

Lakeville

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

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 4 miles southeast of Riga Lake Dam.

Millerton

Town

Photo: JDMohier, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Millerton is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States with a population of 903 at the 2020 census. The village was named after Sidney Miller, a rail contractor who helped bring the railroad to that area. Millerton is situated 4½ miles south of Riga Lake Dam.

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.

Riga Lake Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Location: Salisbury, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Litchfield Hills, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.01787° or 42° 1′ 4″ north

Longitude

-73.4779° or 73° 28′ 40″ west

Elevation

1,752 feet (534 metres)

Open location code

87J82G9C+4R

GeoNames ID

4841487

Wikidata ID

Q31807223

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In Other Languages

“Riga Lake Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Riga Lake Dam”

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