Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes
Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes is an attraction in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Barns Hill stands 155 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 7.0 miles off.
Tidal saltwater marsh in one branch and freshwater swamp in the other, some uplands and hardwood forest.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Avalonia Land Conservancy
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.9 mi off the Shannock Road
- 18.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 19.3 mi off the Ministerial Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Knox Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Knox Family Farm Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Lambs Way Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Simmons Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy): 1.1 mi
- Wadawanuck Square (Borough Open Space): 1.1 mi
- Cannon Square: 1.2 mi
- Willams Beach Park: 1.7 mi
- Denison Homestead: 1.9 mi
- Mystic River Park Playground: 2.3 mi
- Borough Hall: 1.2 mi
- Cannon Square: 1.2 mi
- 1814 Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 2.5 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.4 mi
- Wequetequock Hill: 3.0 mi
- Pequot Hill: 3.1 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 3.8 mi
- Staunton Hill: 4.0 mi
- DuBois Beach: 1.4 mi
- Williams Beach: 1.8 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 2.5 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 2.6 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 3.2 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 1.0 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 1.4 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 1.8 mi
- Denison Homestead: 1.9 mi
- Children's Museum: 2.4 mi
- Mystic Blue: 2.5 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 2.5 mi
- Penguin: 2.6 mi
- Mjolnir: 2.7 mi
- Giant Gnome: 2.7 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 0.8 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 4.2 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 5.4 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 8.6 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 8.7 mi
- Cascade: 4.8 mi
- Cascade: 5.0 mi
- Yantic Falls: 15.8 mi
- Silver Falls: 15.9 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 20.6 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 9.4 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 9.5 mi
- Sensory Garden: 9.8 mi
- Sprout Garden: 9.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 4.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 4.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 4.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 4.4 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.3 mi
- Crow Head: 19.9 mi
- Clay Head: 21.1 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 22.4 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 22.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 23.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 13.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.2 mi
- Powder House: 10.0 mi
- Skate Hut: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 13.7 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 13.8 mi
- Old Spring: 6.3 mi
- Factory Pond: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barns Hill | N 3° | 155 m | 10.6 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNE 14° | 149 m | 9.7 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 351° | 144 m | 9.9 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | N 1° | 139 m | 8.3 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | N 8° | 139 m | 9.1 mi |
| Swantown Hill | N 1° | 132 m | 9.2 mi |
| Church Hill | NNW 334° | 120 m | 8.9 mi |
| Lantern Hill | N 354° | 118 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/549202690
Day trips start here
- Mystic · 2 mi
- Stonington · 2 mi
- Watch Hill · 4 mi
- Groton · 5 mi
- Westerly · 6 mi
- North Stonington · 7 mi
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