Arthur and Dorothy Kinne Preserve
Arthur and Dorothy Kinne Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Sunset Hill stands 240 m to the north-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodchuck Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 1.8 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space; Town Open Space (Bicentennial Park)
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Canterbury
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 5.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 1.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 19.5 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Woodchuck Hill: 1.5 mi
- Westminster Hill: 2.4 mi
- Black Hill: 3.5 mi
- North Hill: 3.5 mi
- Morgan Hill: 3.9 mi
- Town Open Space (Route 169): 2.1 mi
- Irma and Charles Levonius Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Quinebaug River Boat Launch: 2.7 mi
- Frank C. Koch Memorial Forest: 2.8 mi
- Little River Water Access: 3.0 mi
- Canterbury Green: 2.2 mi
- Frink Park: 2.4 mi
- Campbell Ball Field: 2.5 mi
- Robert Manship Park: 2.7 mi
- Harry and Margaret Bowers Recreational Field: 4.2 mi
- Prudence Crandall Museum: 2.2 mi
- Plainfield Historical Society: 4.9 mi
- Edward Waldo House Museum: 5.0 mi
- John Bishop House: 5.3 mi
- Norwich Historical Society: 10.0 mi
- plaque: 7.3 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 7.9 mi
- Israel Putnam Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 8.0 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Manny: 10.7 mi
- Willy: 10.7 mi
- Windy: 10.7 mi
- Swifty: 10.7 mi
- Promised Day: 11.2 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 5.7 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 7.2 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 7.2 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 7.3 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 7.3 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 1.6 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road: 3.0 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 3.2 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 6.0 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 7.3 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 10.4 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 10.5 mi
- Mary's Garden: 10.8 mi
- fern and rock garden: 15.5 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 15.6 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 8.1 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 19.4 mi
- Wescott Beach: 21.5 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 22.1 mi
- Hope Pond Beach: 23.0 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 12.0 mi
- Coney Rock: 12.8 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 13.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 14.3 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 21.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 15.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 21.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 21.1 mi
- Skate Hut: 23.2 mi
- Little Beach: 23.5 mi
- Powder House: 23.6 mi
- Big Beach: 23.6 mi
- Picnic: 23.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 10.6 mi
- Old Spring: 17.9 mi
- Bara-Hack: 13.9 mi
- Gay City State Park: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Arthur and Dorothy Kinne Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Hill | NNW 335° | 240 m | 8.9 mi |
| Clark Hill | NW 323° | 235 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNW 327° | 232 m | 8.9 mi |
| Kimball Hill | N 354° | 231 m | 9.5 mi |
| Alworth Hill | N 357° | 225 m | 7.8 mi |
| Hampton Hill | NNW 340° | 221 m | 7.7 mi |
| Shaw Hill | NNW 329° | 220 m | 6.0 mi |
| Ekonk Hill | E 95° | 204 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:37 | 16:21 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hampton, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/952449996
Day trips start here
- Mystic-Eastern · 6 mi
- Griswold · 8 mi
- Norwich · 10 mi
- Willimantic · 11 mi
- Preston · 12 mi
- Storrs · 15 mi
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