Nature reserve · Connecticut
Plan a drive hereAssekonk Swamp State Wildlife Management Area
OpenStreetMap · way/1025031623
- Elevation
- 43 m
- Tallest summit within 10.0 miles
- Prentice Mountain163 m · 5.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- State Routes 49 & 14A2.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:25local time
- Coordinates
- 41.4307, -71.8937
Assekonk Swamp State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded 43 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Kingwood & Meadow Park, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 2.3 miles off.
- Elevation
- 43 m
- Operated by
- State of Connecticut
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Assekonk Swamp State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNW 334° | 163 m | 5.1 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNE 21° | 158 m | 4.7 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNW 345° | 155 m | 4.6 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NNE 27° | 153 m | 5.6 mi |
| Bay Mountain | N 352° | 152 m | 7.7 mi |
| Stewart Hill | N 10° | 149 m | 3.3 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NW 317° | 144 m | 4.9 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NW 322° | 139 m | 2.6 mi |
- 2.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 12.3 mi off the Shannock Road
- 13.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169National
- 17.0 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Kingwood & Meadow Park: 0.6 mi
- Jeremy Hill Road Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Waldo Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Rocky Hollow Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Wyassup Road Open Space: 1.0 mi
Peaks
- Jeremy Hill: 0.6 mi
- Pitcher Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Merritt Hill: 2.0 mi
- Wintechog Hill: 2.6 mi
- Cossaduck Hill: 2.8 mi
Parks
- North Stonington Town Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
- North Stonington Village Green: 0.9 mi
- Pawcatuck Little League: 3.3 mi
- Wyassup Lake Boat Launch: 4.1 mi
- Old Mystic Playground: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
- Cellar Hole: 3.2 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 4.9 mi
- Babcock-Smith House Museum: 5.6 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 6.0 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 6.0 mi
Museums: 58
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 4.3 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 4.4 mi
- Westerly Armory: 4.8 mi
- Denison Homestead: 5.4 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 44
- Austrailia Beach: 6.1 mi
- Williams Beach: 6.8 mi
- DuBois Beach: 7.1 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 8.5 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 24
- Stone Turtle: 2.4 mi
- Penguin: 5.0 mi
- Giant Gnome: 5.1 mi
- Mjolnir: 5.1 mi
- Mystic Blue: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 22
- Large Glacial Erratic: 5.8 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 6.4 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 7.9 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 8.1 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Cascade: 8.2 mi
- Cascade: 8.5 mi
- Yantic Falls: 12.4 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 14.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 16.9 mi
Gardens: 16
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 11.4 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 11.4 mi
- Sprout Garden: 11.6 mi
- Azalea Garden: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Picnic Pavilion: 12.5 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 12.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 12.8 mi
- Powder House: 13.0 mi
- Big Beach: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.7 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.7 mi
Lighthouses: 4
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 8.9 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 8.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 9.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.8 mi
- Clay Head: 22.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 24.0 mi
Springs: 2
- Old Spring: 4.9 mi
- Factory Pond: 15.5 mi
| 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 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 7 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataDay trips start here
- North Stonington · 1 mi
- Ashaway · 5 mi
- Stonington · 5 mi
- Westerly · 5 mi
- Hopkinton · 6 mi
- Ledyard · 6 mi
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