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Anguilla Brook Preserve

Anguilla Brook Preserve from directly overhead

Anguilla Brook Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Peter and Virgina Coope Tract, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 1.6 miles off.

Deciduous forest, wetlands and gravel ridge on Anguilla Brook

What to expect

Operated by
Avalonia Land Conservancy

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.41288, -71.87257

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
Beaches: 46
Artworks: 24
  • Stone Turtle: 3.5 mi
  • Penguin: 4.9 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 5.1 mi
  • Mjolnir: 5.1 mi
  • Mystic Blue: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 22
Gardens: 16
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cascade: 8.5 mi
  • Cascade: 8.7 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Silver Falls: 17.9 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 11.1 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 11.3 mi
  • Skate Hut: 13.4 mi
  • Powder House: 13.5 mi
  • Big Beach: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 13.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Old Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Factory Pond: 14.2 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Anguilla Brook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prentice MountainNNW 330°163 m6.7 mi
Chapman HillN 6°158 m5.6 mi
Barns HillNNW 338°155 m6.1 mi
Pendleton HillNNE 13°153 m6.4 mi
Bay MountainNNW 346°152 m9.2 mi
Stewart HillN 353°149 m4.5 mi
Ayer HillNW 318°144 m6.5 mi
Wintechog HillNW 321°139 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1519:4320:25
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1115:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495867747266554638
Precip in3.32.74.23.93.33.52.93.53.84.33.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/542923492

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