- Elevation, modelled
- 6 m
- Tallest summit within 9.2 miles
- Prentice Mountain163 m · 8.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- State Routes 49 & 14A6.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:25local time
- Coordinates
- 41.3736, -71.9516
Penguin is a artwork in Connecticut, at a modelled 6 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Jerry Browne Road), a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 6.4 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Penguin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 5° | 163 m | 8.6 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNE 12° | 155 m | 8.5 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNE 26° | 149 m | 8.0 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 358° | 144 m | 7.6 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNE 13° | 139 m | 6.2 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NNE 21° | 139 m | 7.2 mi |
| Swantown Hill | NNE 12° | 132 m | 7.1 mi |
| Church Hill | NNW 336° | 120 m | 6.3 mi |
- 6.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 16.2 mi off the Shannock Road
- 16.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169National
- 20.3 mi off the Ministerial Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Town Open Space (Jerry Browne Road): 0.1 mi
- Pequotsepos Brook Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Coogan Farm & Nature Center: 0.5 mi
- Pequotsepos Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Collier / Acker Preserve: 0.8 mi
Parks
- Denison Homestead: 0.7 mi
- Mystic River Boat Launch: 0.7 mi
- Mystic Little League Field: 0.8 mi
- River Road Park: 0.8 mi
- Mystic River Boathouse Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 1.0 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 1.0 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 1.1 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Noank Remembers Memorial Bell: 3.6 mi
Peaks
- Quoketaug Hill: 1.4 mi
- Pequot Hill: 1.5 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.5 mi
- Gallup Hill: 3.0 mi
- Fort Hill: 3.6 mi
Museums: 59
- Denison Homestead: 0.8 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 0.8 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 1.0 mi
- Children's Museum: 1.0 mi
- Mystic River Scale Model: 1.1 mi
Beaches: 50
- Austrailia Beach: 1.1 mi
- Williams Beach: 2.0 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 3.7 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 3.8 mi
- DuBois Beach: 3.9 mi
Artworks: 23
- Giant Gnome: 0.3 mi
- Mjolnir: 0.3 mi
- Mystic Blue: 1.0 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 1.7 mi
- Stone Turtle: 3.6 mi
Attractions: 22
- Large Glacial Erratic: 1.8 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 2.6 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 6.2 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 6.3 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 6.6 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Cascade: 3.6 mi
- Cascade: 3.8 mi
- Yantic Falls: 13.2 mi
- Silver Falls: 14.1 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 19.2 mi
Gardens: 16
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 7.8 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 7.8 mi
- Sprout Garden: 8.1 mi
- Azalea Garden: 8.2 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 6.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 6.8 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 6.8 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Candlewood Ledge: 20.9 mi
- Crow Head: 21.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 21.7 mi
- Clay Head: 23.3 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 1.0 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Skate Hut: 8.8 mi
- Powder House: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 14.8 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 15.0 mi
Springs: 2
- Old Spring: 3.7 mi
- Factory Pond: 18.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Mystic · 2 mi
- Stonington · 2 mi
- Groton · 4 mi
- Ledyard · 6 mi
- North Stonington · 6 mi
- Westerly · 6 mi
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