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Anguilla Preserve

Anguilla Preserve from directly overhead

Anguilla Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Pawcatuck Little League, a park 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 2.7 miles off.

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How to reach it

Coordinates41.38919, -71.87365

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pawcatuck Little League: 0.2 mi
  • Spellman Park: 2.0 mi
  • "Bushel" Sposato Park: 2.3 mi
  • Donahue Park: 2.3 mi
  • Wilcox Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches: 47
Artworks: 24
  • Stone Turtle: 4.2 mi
  • Penguin: 4.2 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 4.4 mi
  • Mjolnir: 4.4 mi
  • Mystic Blue: 5.0 mi
Attractions: 21
Gardens: 16
Waterfalls: 14
  • Cascade: 7.8 mi
  • Cascade: 8.0 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Silver Falls: 18.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 10.8 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 11.0 mi
  • Skate Hut: 12.9 mi
  • Powder House: 13.0 mi
  • Big Beach: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 13.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Factory Pond: 14.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Anguilla Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prentice MountainNNW 336°163 m8.2 mi
Chapman HillN 5°158 m7.3 mi
Barns HillNNW 343°155 m7.6 mi
Pendleton HillN 11°153 m8.0 mi
Bay MountainNNW 349°152 m10.7 mi
Stewart HillN 356°149 m6.1 mi
Ayer HillNW 326°144 m7.8 mi
Wintechog HillNNW 332°139 m5.6 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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440526

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